We investigate whether the field of study influences university students' political attitudes. To disentangle self …-selection from learning effects, we first investigate whether the fields of study chosen by the incoming students correlate with … their political attitudes. In a second step we explore how the political attitudes change as the students progress in their …

students, and significant differences in student progress due to fields of study. …

study for a cohort of students in Germany. Using detailed survey data, and employing an instrumental variable strategy based … on variation in the local field of study availability, we provide evidence that students who are not enrolled in their … impact on dropout is particularly strong among students of low socio-economic status and is driven by lower academic …

study for a cohort of students in Germany. Using detailed survey data, and employing an instrumental variable strategy based … on variation in the local field of study availability, we provide evidence that students who are not enrolled in their … impact on dropout is particularly strong among students of low socio-economic status and is driven by lower academic …