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Run, graduate, run : internationally mobile students' reactions to changing political landscapes in Europe

Weisser, Reinhard A. - 2021

talent into European labour markets constituted an important factor to the knowledge economy. This research addresses the …

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Do international study programmes pay off for local students?

Wang, Zhiling; Pastore, Francesco; Karreman, Bas; Oort, … - 2021 - Draft version: May 2021

International study programmes are increasing in number worldwide, but little is known about the impact on local students' job prospects, especially in a non-English speaking countries. Using rich administrative data from Statistics Netherlands, we analyse labour market outcomes of native...

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A simple nudge increases socioeconomic diversity in undergraduate economics

Pugatch, Todd; Schroeder, Elizabeth - 2021

We assess whether a light-touch intervention can increase socioeconomic and racial diversity in undergraduate Economics. We randomly assigned over 2,200 students a message with basic information about the Economics major; the basic message combined with an emphasis on the rewarding careers or...

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Does the geographic clustering of universities promote their scientific research performance? : evidence from China

Chu, Shuai; Wu, Mengfei - 2021

the performance of higher education and scientific research. However, it has been debated whether university clusters can … study determines the impact of university clusters on scientific research performance. Panel data of 2000 colleges and … negative impact on the scientific research performance due to technological dis-proximity and rising commuting costs. And the …

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Women in engineering : the role of role models

Agurto Adrianzén, Marcos; Bazan, M.; Hari, S.; … - 2021

Gender disparities in STEM fields participation are a major cause of concern for policymakers around the world. In addition to talent misallocation, low female enrollment rates in STEM careers contribute to gender-based inequalities in earnings and wealth, given the higher average level of...

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Deteriorated sleep quality does not explain the negative impact of smartphone use on academic performance

Amez, Simon; Vujić, Sunčica; Abrath, Margo; Baert, Stijn - 2021

. Surprisingly, research testing the empirical validity of potential mechanisms underlying this relationship is very limited. In …

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Bye, bye, Hotel Mama, bye, bye good grades? : living in a student room and exam results in tertiary education

Amez, Simon; Baert, Stijn - 2021

We study whether living in a student room as a tertiary education student (instead of commuting between one's parental residence and college or university) affects exam results. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to study this relationship beyond cross-sectional analysis. That is, we...

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Returns to higher education : graduate and discipline premiums

Zhu, Yu; Xu, Lei - 2022

This chapter reviews and evaluates progress in recent research on the graduate premium in general as well as the … up-to-date research that sheds light on the causal effects of higher-education and subject choice, and the conclusions … summary of the empirical evidence and a brief discussion of possible areas for future research. …

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Returns to education in China : evidence from the great higher education expansion

Huang, Bin; Tani, Massimiliano; Wei, Yi; Zhu, Yu - 2022

China experienced a near 5-fold increase in annual Higher Education (HE) enrolment in the decade starting in 1999. Using the China Household Finance Survey, we show that the Great HE Expansion has exacerbated a large pre-existing urban-rural gap in educational attainment underpinned by the hukou...

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Excellence for all? : university honors programs and human capital formation

Pugatch, Todd; Thompson, Paul N. - 2022 - Last updated: June 7, 2022

Can public university honors programs deliver the benefits of selective undergraduate edu- cation within otherwise nonselective institutions? We evaluate the impact of admission to the Honors College at Oregon State University, a large nonselective public university. Admission to the Honors...

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