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Ritzen, Jozef M. M. - 2012

Higher education is in the position to save Europe by rendering a substantial contribution to sustainable economic growth. For that purpose higher education must strengthen its innovative power in entrepreneurship education and by focusing research more on societal problems, while being better...

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University autonomy : improving educational output : universities deliver more competent graduates and higher quality research if they are more autonomous and well-funded

Ritzen, Jozef M. M. - 2016

University autonomy and funding is an important aspect in university-level education due to its impact on graduates’ competencies, and on the quality and quantity of research produced. Political factors influence the amount of autonomy allotted to public universities in specific countries....

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Public funding and enrolment into higher education in Europe

Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; Wirz, Aniela Maria - 2002

In this paper we provide evidence for the impact of public funding on enrolment of students in college. We use a panel for European countries and apply instrumental variables techniques to find that public funding for schooling - regardless at what level - does increase college enrolment alike...

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Designing efficient college and tax policies

Findeisen, Sebastian; Sachs, Dominik - 2015

The total social benefits of college education exceed the private benefits because the government receives a share of the monetary returns in the form of income taxes. We study the policy implications of this fiscal externality in an optimal dynamic tax framework. Using a variational approach we...

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Designing efficient college and tax policies

Findeisen, Sebastian; Sachs, Dominik - 2015

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Enrolment into Higher Education and Changes in Repayment Obligations of Student Aid: Microeconometric Evidence for Germany

Baumgartner, Hans J.; Steiner, Viktor - 2004

enrolment rates. Our findings may have important implications for the current debate on the reform of financing higher education …

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The evolution of public spending on higher education in a democracy

Haupt, Alexander - 2005

This paper analyses political forces that cause an initial expansion of public spending on higher education and an ensuing decline in subsidies. Growing public expenditures increase the future size of the higher income class and thus boost future demand for education. This demand shift implies...

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Does more generous student aid increase enrolment rates into higher education? : Evaluating the German student aid reform of 2001

Baumgartner, Hans J. (contributor); … - 2006

(BAfoeG) in Germany. We evaluate the effectiveness of a recent reform of student aid that substantially increased the amount … received by eligible students to raise enrolment rates into tertiary education. We view this reform as a 'natural experiment … on enrolment rates into higher education. We find that the reform had a small positive but statistically insignificant …

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Repayment Burdens of Student Loans for Vietnamese Higher Education

Chapman, Bruce - 2013

The time is approaching when Vietnamese higher education students will be required to contribute more to the direct costs of the process. As well, continued expansion of the system will become increasingly difficult without the institution of an effective student loans policy designed to assist...

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Why Does Tuition Keep Increasing?

Gillen, Andrew - 2015

Tuition at American colleges has increased significantly over the years. Three common explanations for these increases are 1) declines in state funding, 2) increases in faculty salaries (Baumol's cost disease), and 3) increases in college funded financial aid. Analysis of recent data shows these...

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