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Dictatorship, higher education, and social mobility
Bautista, María Angélica; González, Felipe; … - 2024
We study the effect of political regime change on higher education and its distributional and political consequences. We focus on the 1973 coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power in Chile. The Pinochet dictatorship's aims of political control and fiscal conservatism led to a large reduction...
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The economics of university dropouts and delayed graduation : a survey
Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - 2018
This survey organizes and discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the determinants of university student … education. Accordingly, they decide whether to continue university studies in order to get a degree or to withdraw. This … university decisional process is discussed by clustering the determinants of university outcomes into four main categories …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011820061
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Delayed graduation and university dropout : a review of theoretical approaches
Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - 2019
university dropout. The classical human capital model does not contemplate failure, which the amended human capital model does …. Delayed graduation and university dropout are two stages of the same decision repeated over the years to step aside or leave … bargaining approach, the decision to delay graduation or dropout from university is related to bargaining within the family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110312
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The expected (signaling) value of higher education
Ehrmantraut, Laura; Pinger, Pia; Stans, Renske - 2020
scenarios of leaving university with or without a degree certificate among a large and diverse sample of students at different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012293840
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College admission as a screening and sorting device
Gandil, Mikkel; Leuven, Edwin - 2022
How can colleges find successful applicants? Criteria such as GPA, interviews, essays, and tests provide information about candidates, but which work and why? We shed light on these questions using unique data on the universe of objective and subjective rankings of all college applicants in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013373121
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Tracking when ranking matters
Landaud, Fanny; Maurin, Eric - 2022
education programs in France. We find that 70% of the inequality in success in these exams between students from different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170260
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Estimating a model of qualitative and quantitative education choices in France
Belzil, Christian; Poinas, François - 2018
) and a general track at both high school and university levels using French panel data (Génération 98). The average per …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011820970
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College choice allocation mechanisms : structural estimates and counterfactuals
Carvalho Júnior, José Raimundo de Araújo; Magnac, Thierry - 2014
We evaluate a simple allocation mechanism of students to majors at college entry that was commonly used in universities in Brazil in the 1990s and 2000s. Students first chose a single major and then took exams that select them in or out of the chosen major. The literature analyzing student...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418004
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The economics of college sports : cartel behavior vs. amateurism
Kahn, Lawrence M. (contributor) - 2006
This paper studies intercollegiate athletics in the context of the theory of cartels. Some point to explicit attempts by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to restrict output and payments for factors of production as evidence of cartel behavior. Others argue that such limits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003339779
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'The' market for higher education : does it really exist?
Becker, William E.; Round, David K. - 2009
Higher education, like any other commodity or service, has been viewed in a variety of economic frameworks. Little of this work, however, appears to have made any effort to define carefully the boundaries of the relevant market for higher education, which is the subject of this particular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003830201