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The graduation shift of German universities of applied sciences
Bornmann, Lutz; Wohlrabe, Klaus; Gralka, Sabine Marlene - 2018
In research into higher education, the evaluation of completion and dropout rates has generated a steady stream of interest for decades. While most studies only calculate quotes using student and graduate numbers for both phenomena, we propose to also consider the budget available to...
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Advanced further training or dual higher education study : a choice experiment on the influence of employers' preferences on career advancement
Maier, Tobias - In: Journal for labour market research 56 (2022) 1, pp. 1-15
Although the number of graduates with a bachelor's degree has risen over recent years, little information is available as to which position such persons hold within an establishment and whether they compete on the career ladder with persons from the vocational sector with advanced further...
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Does distance matter? : tuition fees and enrollment of first-year students at German public universities
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Fischer, Georg-Benedikt; Wigger, … - 2013
the effects of tuition fees on university enrollment of first-year students at German public universities. Our study … gender differences in enrollment behavior. Enrollment numbers of female students at universities that are located far away … of male students. …
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Does distance matter? : tuition fees and enrollment of first-year students at German public universities ; conference paper
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Fischer, Georg-Benedikt; Wigger, … - 2013
the effects of tuition fees on university enrollment of first-year students at German public universities. Our study … gender differences in enrollment behavior. Enrollment numbers of female students at universities that are located far away … of male students. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010340965
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Does Distance Matter? Tuition Fees and Enrollment of First-Year Students at German Public Universities
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Fischer, Georg-Benedikt; Wigger, … - 2021
the effects of tuition fees on university enrollment of first-year students at German public universities. Our study … gender differences in enrollment behavior. Enrollment numbers of female students at universities that are located far away … of male students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315769
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Searching on campus? : marriage market effects of the student gender composition
Pestel, Nico - 2017
. Experiencing a higher own-gender share of students during university education reduces overall marriage market opportunities for … women but not for men. Moreover, when students of the own gender are relatively abundant, the probability of having a …
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How tuition fees affected student enrollment at higher education institutions : the aftermath of a German quasi-experiment
Minor, Ralf - In: Journal for labour market research 57 (2023) 1, pp. 1-19
This study examines the impact of the charging of tuition fees between 2006 and 2014 in several German federal states on the number of first-year student enrollments. Since Germany is known for a tuition-free education policy at public institutions, the fundamental question arises of whether,...
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Tuition fees and academic (in)activity in higher education : how did students adjust to the abolition of tuition fees in Germany?
Berens, Johannes; Henao, Leandro; Schneider, Kerstin - 2024
ghost students. Thus, accounting for academic inactivity is essential to prevent the misreporting of dropout rates. Inactive … students are attracted to in-kind student benefits or use the university as a bridge to their professional or academic careers …. The social costs associated with such inactive students amount to 3.3% of public spending on higher education in NRW …
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Women's missing mobility and the gender gap in higher education : evidence from Germany's university expansion
Boelmann, Barbara - 2024 - This version: February 2024
This paper shows that the local availability of universities acted as a catalyst in the catch-up of women in higher education that has been documented for developed countries in the latter half of the 20th century. It uses the foundation of new universities in the 1960s and 1970s in West German...
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The Introduction of Bachelor Degrees and the Under-Representation of Students from Low Social Origin in Higher Education in Germany : A Pseudo-Panel Approach
Neugebauer, Martin - 2015
students from underrepresented groups, such as those from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. To evaluate this reform … indicate that the shortening has no (positive) effect on the share of students from low social origins …
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