Universitäten binden ihre DoktorandInnen in Graduierten- und Promotionskollegien immer mehr ein und bieten ihnen verschiedene Hilfestellungen an. Der Dissertationsprozess selbst setzt eine hohe Selbstmotivation, ein großes Maß an Eigenverantwortung und eine starke Selbstdisziplin voraus....

While gender differences in the decision of what to study at undergraduate level are much studied, there is relatively little attention paid to subsequent study decisions of graduates. Given the increased importance of graduate education in recent decades, these decisions can have major labour...

This paper identifies pivotal factors behind individual decision-making in the transition from high school to post-secondary education in the Netherlands. We apply a multinomial logit framework to individual data on post-secondary education choices. Specifically, our modeling approach...

This paper analyzes the determinants and labour market effects of further higher education studies of graduates, the factors that induce them to switch to other fields (switching decision) and in comparison the determinants of deciding upon "deepening" their knowledge (to proceed with further...

I use the 1993 and 2003 National Surveys of College Graduates to examine the higher exit rate of women compared to men from science and engineering relative to other fields. I find that the higher relative exit rate is driven by engineering rather than science, and show that 60% of the gap can...

Based on a survey of graduating PhD students in the U.S., we study the determinants of location of their first jobs. We consider how locating in Canada versus the U.S. for all graduates is influenced by both their background and time-varying factors that affect international mobility. We also...

Anlaß für den Aufsatz sind die durch das Hochschulrahmengesetz und die Länderhochschulgesetze sowie die hochschulpolitische Debatte der jüngsten Zeit aktualisierten und intensivierten Forderungen nach vermehrter Praxisorientierung des Studiums. Die mit der Forderung nach Praxisorientierung...