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Do expenditures other than instructional expenditures affect graduation and persistence rates in American higher education?

Webber, Douglas A.; Ehrenberg, Ronald G. - 2009

Median instructional spending per full-time equivalent (FTE) student at American colleges and universities has grown at a slower rate the median spending per FTE in a number of other expenditure categories during the last two decades. We use institutional level panel data and a variety of...

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Heterogeneous class size effects: new evidence from a panel of university students

Bandiera, Oriana; Larcinese, Valentino; Rasul, Imran - 2009

Over the last decade, many countries have experienced dramatic increases in university enrolment, which, when not matched by compensating increases in other inputs, have resulted in larger class sizes. Using administrative records from a leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects...

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Does distance determine who attends a university in Germany?

Spieß, Christa Katharina; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2008

We analyze the role of distance from a university in the decision to attend higher education in Germany. Students who live near a university can avoid moving and the increased living expenses by commuting. Thus, transaction cost arguments would suggest that the greater the distance to the...

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Rising tuition and enrollment in public higher education

Hemelt, Steven W.; Marcotte, Dave E. - 2008

In this paper we review recent trends in tuition at public universities and estimate impacts on enrollment. We use data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System on all public four-year colleges and universities from 1991 to 2007 and illustrate that tuition increased dramatically...

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A long-run view of the university gender gap in Australia

Booth, Alison L.; Kee, Hiau Joo - 2010

The first Australian universities were established in the 1850s, well before the introduction of compulsory schooling. However it was not until the twentieth century that growing industrialisation, technological change and the development of the so-called 'knowledge industries' fed into an...

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International capital market integration, educational choice and economic growth

Egger, Hartmut; Egger, Peter; Falkinger, Josef; … - 2005

This paper examines the impact of capital market integration (CMI) on higher education and economic growth. We take into account that participation in higher education is non-compulsory and depends on individual choice. Integration increases (decreases) the incentives to participate in higher...

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Lifecycle impact of alternative higher education finance systems in Ireland

Flannery, Darragh; O'Donoghue, Cathal - 2011

With increasing numbers of young people participating in higher education in Ireland and a heavy reliance of higher education institutions on state funding, the introduction of an alternative finance system for Ireland has been muted over the past number of years. However, no study has been...

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Did Latvia's public works program mitigate the impact of the 2008 - 2010 crisis?

Azam, Mehtabul; Ferré, Céline; Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan - 2012

To mitigate the impact of the 2008-2010 global financial crisis on vulnerable households, the Government of Latvia … dearth of income-generating opportunities in Latvia; thus the program provided temporary employment opportunities and helped … the unemployed mitigate the impact of the crisis. However, relative to the depth of the crisis in Latvia, the Workplaces …

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Participation in higher education: a random parameter logit approach with policy simulations

Flannery, Darragh; O'Donoghue, Cathal - 2009

In this paper we present a theoretical model of higher education participation. We assume that young people that complete upper secondary education are faced with three choices, go to higher education, not go to higher education or go to higher education and work part time. Utilizing the Living...

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Social capital, innovation and growth: evidence from Europe

Akçomak, I. Semih; ter Weel, Bas - 2008

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European … Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels …. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance …

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