We use the random allocation of graders to different exam questions at Stockholm University to evaluate the existence …

could consistently explain the evidence from both the university and secondary education level. However, we find that in …In this paper, we first present novel evidence of grading bias against women at the university level. This is in … contrast to previous results at the secondary education level. Contrary to the gender composition at lower levels of education …

The paper uses data from a large representative survey of Hungarian higher education graduates (DPR 2010) to study the … employment probability or on earnings but none on both. From among the most prestigious institutions, only Budapest University of …

We analyse how state university competition to collect resources may affect both research and the quality of teaching … research and teaching supplied by each university, and the mix of low- and high-ability students attending each university. The … a higher teaching quality but pay higher tuition fees. -- university competition ; research ; tuition fees …

. -- Higher education ; university choice ; college admission ; conditional logit …This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a … university. Are some quality dimensions of a ranking, e.g. research reputation or mentoring more important than others? I …

. -- University quality ; returns to education …We examine the links between various measures of university quality and graduate earnings in the United Kingdom. We … suggest a positive return to university quality with an average earnings differential of about 6 percent for a one standard …

The structure and functioning of the market of higher education in the United States possess distinctive if not … defines the quality of higher education and explains its (growing) cost continue to be debated. The Chapter surveys …

This paper investigates whether or not research quality is significantly associated with a university's ability to … attract students from other provinces in Italy. First university enrolments of students over the period 2003-2011 are …