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education implementing the 'Bologna process' to estimate the impact of the reform on the decision to go to college. We find that … individuals leaving high school after the reform have a probability of going to college that is 10 percent higher compared to … (pre-reform) - for good students from less affluent household - on the optimal schooling decision. For the students who …
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The aim of this paper is to estimate the effects of the expansion of tertiary education supply on the educational choices of young Italian high school graduates. A quasi-experimental setting given by the reform of the tertiary education system implemented in 2001 is exploited. The reform was...
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Globalization has led to a vast flow of migration of workers but also of students. The purpose of this paper is to … concentration of students in countries with high‐quality education. …
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In 1999, the "Bologna Process" was initiated to improve higher education enrolment, study success and students …
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education implementing the 'Bologna process' to estimate the impact of the reform on the decision to go to college. We find that … individuals leaving high school after the reform have a probability of going to college that is 10 percent higher compared to … (pre-reform) - for good students from less affluent household - on the optimal schooling decision. For the students who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688790
Globalization has led to a vast flow of migration of workers but also of students. The purpose of this paper is to … students in countries with high - quality education. This phenomenon, as the usual brain drain, has two opposite effects on …
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Universities are key players in the successful transition to a knowledge-based economy and society. However, this crucial sector of society needs restructuring if Europe is not to lose out in the global competition in education, research and innovation. To allow a more evidence based process of...
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When speaking about innovation in education and teaching, people usually refer to changes fostered by innovation in technology for the purpose of learning, teaching, and curriculum development. The reason why this happens is obvious: technical / technological changes do happen fast, and their...
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The German system of higher education has witnessed considerable change in the first decade of the 21st century. Enabled by the 1998 amendment of the German Framework Act for Higher Education, higher education institutions have introduced Bachelor and Master degree programmes which are gradually...
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Based on a disaggregate cross-country analysis, we investigate the performance of 10 public Swiss universities and 77 public German universities from 2001-2007. During this period the universities in both countries have faced two major reforms aimed at improving efficiency and productivity in...
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