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How should peer-review panels behave?
Sgroi, Daniel; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2012
Many governments wish to assess the quality of their universities. A prominent example is the UK's new Research …
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The Women Empowering Effect of Higher Education
Elsayed, Ahmed; Shirshikova, Alina - 2023
We examine the effects of the large-scale construction of public universities in Egypt during the 1960s and 1970s. We … outcome of university construction. Local universities reduced men's migration for study and women's migration for early …
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Publishing trends in economics across colleges and universities, 1991 - 2007
Winkler, Anne E.; Levin, Sharon G.; Stephan, Paula E.; … - 2011
There is good reason to think that non-elite programs in economics may be producing relatively more research than in the past: Research expectations have been ramped-up at non-PhD institutions and new information technologies have changed the way academic knowledge is produced and exchanged....
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Estimating the need for PhDs in the academic sector via a survey of employers
Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul; Kanep, Hanna - 2007
2007-2012 using a survey of employers, such as universities, institutions of applied higher education and research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268235
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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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Higher education and equality of opportunity in Italy
Peragine, Vito; Serlenga, Laura - 2007
This paper proposes a definition of equality of educational opportunities. Then, it develops a comprehensive model that allows to test for the existence of equality of opportunity in a given distribution and to rank distributions according to equality of opportunity. Finally, it provides an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268806
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On the determinants of pay of CEOs in UK public sector higher education institutions
Bachan, Ray - 2008
The pay determining process of CEOs of UK higher education institutions is modelled using three econometric methodologies applied to a large and unique dataset for the academic years 1997/98 through to 2005/06. A gender differential in pay is detected and this differential remains robust across...
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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 … more than 0.25 percent, with larger effects at Research I universities. We find no evidence that especially large increases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269160
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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/10010269207
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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 … twentieth century, the introduction of mass secondary school education and the expansion of the number of universities widened …
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