elapsed time to degree. With regard to these problems we survey the main microeconomic contributions. The results of most …

This paper presents the results of an empirical investigation trying to explain individual time-to-degree variances … environment during the study period should, in turn, influence the individual time-to-degree through changes in the cost level and … university graduates from 1981 to 2001, shows that changes in the unemployment rate have a significant impact on individual time-to-degree. …

no difference in time-to-degree between men and women, married and single students, older and younger students, and those …

—course scarcity—that we hypothesize may be associated with increased time to degree. We employ a unique administrative dataset from a …

additional sources of risk. In particular, the time needed to complete a degree is random. The data show that time-to-degree is … individual education choices. The risk affecting education costs and, in particular, the randomness of time-to-degree, also plays …