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University rankings in action? The importance of rankings and an excellence competition for university choice of high-ability students?
Horstschräer, Julia - 2011
This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a … university. Are some quality dimensions of a ranking, e.g. research reputation or mentoring more important than others? I … on the variation in quality indicators over time, I can disentangle the response to changes in quality indicators from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307183
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Returns to higher education and dropouts: A double machine learning approach
McNamara, Sarah - 2020
This paper provides estimates of the short-term individual returns to Higher Education (HE) in the United Kingdom, focusing on the effects of attending HE on the labour market outcomes for dropouts. Results show differential labour market outcomes for dropouts vs. individuals who have never...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389773
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Decentralizing university admission: Evidence from a natural experiment
Horstschräer, Julia - 2012
mainly driven by enabling law schools to abolish admission restrictions. The matching quality is not significantly affected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010310889
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University rankings in action? The importance of rankings and an excellence competition for university choice of high-ability students?
Horstschräer, Julia - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a … university. Are some quality dimensions of a ranking, e.g. research reputation or mentoring more important than others? I … on the variation in quality indicators over time, I can disentangle the response to changes in quality indicators from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369491
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Decentralizing university admission: Evidence from a natural experiment
Horstschräer, Julia - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
mainly driven by enabling law schools to abolish admission restrictions. The matching quality is not significantly affected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985663
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Teaching, organization, and personal problems: Evidence from reforming tertiary education in Germany
Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2010
Germany has recently made extensive reforms in its tertiary education system. Traditional degrees are being replaced by Bachelor and Master programs. This study examines the question of how the choice of a new Bachelor program as opposed to a traditional degree program has affected first-year...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300510
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Teaching, organization, and personal problems: Evidence from reforming tertiary education in Germany
Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
Germany has recently made extensive reforms in its tertiary education system. Traditional degrees are being replaced by Bachelor and Master programs. This study examines the question of how the choice of a new Bachelor program as opposed to a traditional degree program has affected first-year...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568595
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Estimation of Household Demand Systems Using Unit Value Data
Preston, Ian; Laisney, François; Crawford, Ian A. - 1997
We develop a method for estimation of price reactions using unit value data which exploits the implicit links between quantity and unit value choices. This allows us to combine appealing Engel curve specifications with a model of unit value determination in a way which is consistent with demand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298001
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Demand Systems with Unit Values: A Comparsion of Two Specifications
Lahatte, Agénor; Miquel, Ruth; Laisney, François; … - 1997
by Deaton (1990) and Crawford et al. (1997) in order to take account of quality effects reflected in the unit values …-true quantity and quality elasticities. Expenditure elasticities are close, but we find large differences in price elasticities and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301734
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Demand Systems with Unit Values: A Comparsion of Two Specifications
Lahatte, Agénor; Miquel, Ruth; Laisney, François; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1997
by Deaton (1990) and Crawford et al. (1997) in order to take account of quality effects reflected in the unit values …-true quantity and quality elasticities. Expenditure elasticities are close, but we find large differences in price elasticities and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009642601