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Sitting next to a dropout : academic success of students with more educated peers
Goller, Daniel; Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022
We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013264842
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Are they coming back? : the mobility of university students in Switzerland after graduation
Oggenfuss, Chantal; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2018
We analyze the internal mobility of university graduates in Switzerland. An empirically interesting question because … not all the cantons have a university and therefore in some cantons students have to leave their home for studying but all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011798280
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The more, the better? : the impact of instructional time on student performance
Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra; Oggenfuss, Chantal; Wolter, … - 2016
Although instruction time is an important and costly resource in education production, there is a remarkable scarcity of research examining the effectiveness of its use. We build on the work of Lavy (2015) using the variance of subject-specific instruction time within Switzerland to determine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454341
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Rates of return to education : the view of students in Switzerland
Wolter, Stefan C.; Zbinden, André - 2001
Wage expectations are important determinants for individual schooling decisions. However, research on individual expectations of students is scarce. The paper presents the Swiss results of a survey that was conducted in 10 European countries. Its main findings are that point estimates of wages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403862
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Are student exchange programs worth it?
Messer, Dolores (contributor); Wolter, Stefan C. (contributor) - 2005
The number of university students participating in exchange programs has risen sharply over the last decade, but a … survey of Swiss university graduates (class of 1999 and 2001) shows that participation in student exchange programs … significantly prolongs the period of time spent studying at university. Given this fact, the advantages of exchange programs for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003078072