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Empréstimos com amortizações condicionadas à renda: Cenários de financiamento de estudantes de ensino superior no Brasil
Nascimento, Paulo A. Meyer M. - 2021
sustainability in financing higher education students in an increasing number of countries. This paper simulates alternative ICL … designs for student financing in Brazil. Copula functions are applied to capture mobility patterns in the graduates' earnings … repayment rates and thresholds. This is an ex-ante evaluation of an alternative for higher education student financing in Brazil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616546
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Empréstimos com amortizações condicionadas à renda: cenários de financiamento de estudantes de ensino superior no Brasil
Nascimento, Paulo A. Meyer M. - 2021
sustainability in financing higher education students in an increasing number of countries. This paper simulates alternative ICL … designs for student financing in Brazil. Copula functions are applied to capture mobility patterns in the graduates’ earnings … repayment rates and thresholds. This is an ex-ante evaluation of an alternative for higher education student financing in Brazil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510721
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Ending the musical chairs game in higher education : how a software dashboard (SPADIES) improved information flow and educational outcomes in Colombia
Herrera Prada, Luis Omar - 2021
Abstract The new millennium brought with it a new challenge. Students reaching higher education were not only greater in number, they were also less prepared than their predecessors. This caused a sharp deterioration in the quality of the entire higher education system, which in turn affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012496936
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Economics of Higher Education - Students' Attitude on Tuition and Student Migration in Germany
Buettner, Stefan M. - 2007
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014049451
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Ending the musical chairs game in higher education: How a software dashboard (SPADIES) improved information flow and educational outcomes in Colombia
Herrera Prada, Luis Omar - 2021
Abstract The new millennium brought with it a new challenge. Students reaching higher education were not only greater in number, they were also less prepared than their predecessors. This caused a sharp deterioration in the quality of the entire higher education system, which in turn affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012501319
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Athletics and Admissions : The Impact of the Penn State Football Scandal on Student Quality
Johnson, Candon - 2020
We ask whether a scandal in a university's athletics department affects the quality of the incoming, first-year student body. To do so, we evaluate the child sex abuse scandal at Penn State University in 2011. The violations involved a former employee with the crimes occurring a decade prior....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012846157
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Testing means-tested aid
Murphy, Richard; Wyness, Gill - 2016
Inequalities do not end once students enter higher education. Yet, the majority of papers on the effectiveness of education aid examine its impact on college enrolment. In this paper, we provide evidence on the causal impact of means-tested financial aid on the outcomes of students who have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541300
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Does gender matter? : the effect of high performing peers on academic performances
Modena, Francesca; Rettore, Enrico; Tanzi, Giulia Martina - 2021
This paper exploits student-level administrative data on the population of Italian university students from 2006 to 2014 to analyze the effects of high performing (HP) male or female peers on individual academic performance, according to the gender of the student. The identification strategy is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012653224
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From subsidies to loans: the effects of a national student finance reform on the choices of secondary school students
Gendre, Alexandra de; Kabátek, Jan - 2021
that secondary school students respond to the modes of higher education financing well ahead of their graduation, and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012609203
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Public higher education costs and college enrollment
Delaney, Taylor; Marcotte, Dave E. - 2022
How have changes in the costs of enrolling full-time at public two- and four-year colleges affected student decisions about whether and where to enroll in college? Using local differences in the growth of tuition at community colleges and public four-year colleges we study the impact of public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209829