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Too far to go? : does distance determine study choices?
Denzler, Stefan; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2011
A number of studies have long shown that the probability of studying at university is influenced by the distance to the next university. This study shows for the first time that distance to university also influences the choice of subject/faculty and institution. Moreover, these findings are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009306878
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Much ado about nothing? : school curriculum reforms and students' educational trajectories
Strazzeri, Maurizio; Oggenfuss, Chantal; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022
language classes in compulsory school on students' subsequent educational choices in upper secondary school. Using … more foreign language classes during compulsory school has only minor effects on educational choices of the overall student … pronounced for students who do not speak at home the school's language of instruction. Finally, we find that female students who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362380
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Much ado about nothing? : school curriculum reforms and students' educational trajectories
Strazzeri, Maurizio; Oggenfuss, Chantal; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022 - This version: August 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013370715
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Much ado about nothing? : school curriculum reforms and students' educational trajectories
Strazzeri, Maurizio; Oggenfuss, Chantal; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022
language classes in compulsory school on students' subsequent educational choices in upper secondary school. Using … more foreign language classes during compulsory school has only minor effects on educational choices of the overall student … pronounced for students who do not speak at home the school's language of instruction. Finally, we find that female students who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013347044
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Overeducation among Swiss university graduates : determinants and consequences
Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - In: Journal for labour market research 47 (2014) 4, pp. 313-328
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010473585
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Do students expect compensation for wage risk?
Schweri, Jürg; Hartog, Joop; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2009
We use a unique data set about the wage distribution that Swiss students expect for themselves ex ante, deriving parametric and non-parametric measures to capture expected wage risk. These wage risk measures are unfettered by heterogeneity which handicapped the use of actual market wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003825129
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Do students expect compensation for wage risk?
Schweri, Jürg; Hartog, Joop; Wolter, Stefan C. - In: Economics of education review 30 (2011) 2, pp. 215-227
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009297307
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Rates of return to education : the view of students in Switzerland
Wolter, Stefan C.; Zbinden, André - 2001
Wage expectations are important determinants for individual schooling decisions. However, research on individual expectations of students is scarce. The paper presents the Swiss results of a survey that was conducted in 10 European countries. Its main findings are that point estimates of wages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403862
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Rates of return to education : the view of students in Switzerland
Wolter, Stefan C.; Zbinden, André - 2001
Wage expectations are important determinants for individual schooling decisions. However, research on individual expectations of students is scarce. The paper presents the Swiss results of a survey that was conducted in 10 European countries. Its main findings are that point estimates of wages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001649757
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Rates of Return to Education : The View of Students in Switzerland
Wolter, Stefan C.; Zbinden, Andre - 2021
Wage expectations are important determinants for individual schooling decisions. However, research on individual expectations of students is scarce. The paper presents the Swiss results of a survey that was conducted in 10 European countries. Its main findings are that point estimates of wages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320784