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clerks. This article presents the results of a choice experiment in which decision makers at German establishments had to …
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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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matching mechanism that is strategyproof for students. n the context of the German admissions problem, this mechanism weakly …
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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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In January 2005, the ban on tuition in Germany has been declared unlawful. As a result, many 'Lander' developed plans to introduce tuition fees as soon as possible. It is shown in this paper, that the impact of tuition is very different among states. The willingness to pay varies not only by...
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Quotas for special groups of students often apply in school or university admission procedures. This paper studies the … performance of two mechanisms to implement such quotas in a lab experiment. The first mechanism is a simplified version of the … quota for top-grade students before allocating all other seats among remaining applicants. The second is a modified version …
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Quotas for special groups of students often apply in school or university admission procedures. This paper studies the … performance of two mechanisms to implement such quotas in a lab experiment. The first mechanism is a simplified version of the … quota for top-grade students before allocating all other seats among remaining applicants. The second is a modified version …
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Quotas for special groups of students often apply in school or university admission procedures. This paper studies the … performance of two mechanisms to implement such quotas in a lab experiment. The first mechanism is a simplified version of the … quota for top-grade students before allocating all other seats among remaining applicants. The second is a modi ed version …
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procedure allows universities to select their most preferred students, and is likely to improve upon the current situation …
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experiment. Is the centralized or decentralized procedure better suited to match prospective students to universities? The … analysis uses administrative data on all students within Germany and complements the prominent theoretical literature on …
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