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The Hazards of Doing a PhD: An Analysis of Completion and Withdrawal Rates of British PhDs in the 1980s

Booth, Alison L; Satchell, Stephen E - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

The paper examines UK PhD completion and withdrawal rates, in a competing risks framework, using the 1986 National Survey of 1980 Graduates. The statistical problem of thresholding of completion data is also addressed. We argue that our results suggest that there are problems with the use of PhD...

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The academic and labor market returns of university professors

Braga, Michela; Paccagnella, Marco; Pellizzari, Michele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper estimates the impact of college teaching on students' academic achievement and labor market outcomes using … students to teachers in a fixed sequence of compulsory courses. We find that the academic and labor market returns of teachers … best students are not always also the ones who boost their earnings the most, especially for the least able students. …

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Tuition fees as a commitment device

Ketel, Nadine; Linde, Jona; Oosterbeek, Hessel; van der … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper reports on a field experiment testing for sunk-cost effects in an education setting. Students signing up for … students who receive larger discounts will attend fewer tutorial sessions. For the full sample, we find little support for this … hypothesis, but we find a significant effect of sunk costs on attendance for the 45% of students in our sample who are …

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Enrollment and degree completion in higher education without admission standards

Declercq, Koen; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

more heavily on an ex post selection mechanism, based on the students' performance during higher education. We analyze how … the enrollment decision is uncertain. Upon observing past performance, students may decide to continue, reorient to … another major, or drop out. We find that ex post student selection is very strong: less than half of the students successfully …

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Optimal Student Loans and Graduate Tax under Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection

Gary-Bobo, Robert J.; Trannoy, Alain - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We completely characterize the set of second-best optimal "menus" of student-loan contracts in a simple economy with risky labour-market outcomes, adverse selection, moral hazard and risk aversion. The model combines structured student loans and an elementary optimal income-tax problem à la...

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Place-Based Policies

Neumark, David; Simpson, Helen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

Place-based policies commonly target underperforming areas, such as deteriorating downtown business districts and disadvantaged regions. Principal examples include enterprise zones, European Union Structural Funds, and industrial cluster policies. Place-based policies are rationalized by various...

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Academic Dynasties: Decentralization and Familism in the Italian Academia

Durante, Ruben; Labartino, Giovanna; Perotti, Roberto - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Decentralization can lead to "good" or "bad" outcomes depending on the socio-cultural norms of the targeted communities. We investigate this issue by looking at the evolution of familism and nepotism in the Italian academia before and after the 1998 reform, which decentralized the recruitment of...

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Guide to Reform of Higher Education: A European Perspective

Jacobs, Bas; van der Ploeg, Frederick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Although there are exceptions, most European universities and institutions of higher education find it difficult to compete with the best universities in the Anglo-Saxon world. Despite the Bologna agreement and the ambitions of the Lisbon agenda, European universities are in need of fundamental...

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Reducing Product Diversity in Higher Education

Kelchtermans, Stijn; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

and the students' low willingness to travel to other institutions. Furthermore, we find that the financial incentives …

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Brain Drained: A Tale of Two Countries

Ben-David, Dan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper provides a comparative examination of how public universities in two countries, the United States and Israel, have evolved over the past few decades - and how differences between the two have culminated in a rate of academic brain drain from the latter to the former that is...

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