As Switzerland experiences a severe shortage of nurses, this paper investigates the impact of students' ex ante wage … expectations on their choice to pursue a nursing college education. This analysis contributes to a small yet rapidly developing …. This suggests that policies that increase returns from studying nursing can attract students to nursing. In addition, the …

Given a severe nurse shortage in Switzerland, this paper investigates Swiss students choice for nursing college … education and the impact of their ex ante wage expectations on college enrolment. The analysis contributes to a small developing … suggests a role for policies that increase returns from studying nursing to attract students to nursing. In addition, the …

This paper examines the returns to institutional quality for college transfer students and asks whether the additional … information provided by such students provides insight into the role of human capital accumulation in determining a college … graduate's entry-level earnings. The quality of university from which a transfer student graduates has a positive effect on his …

As Switzerland experiences a severe shortage of nurses, this paper investigates the impact of students' ex ante wage … expectations on their choice to pursue a nursing college education. This analysis contributes to a small yet rapidly developing …. This suggests that policies that increase returns from studying nursing can attract students to nursing. In addition, the …