This paper estimates the short-term effects of the introduction of the Bachelor degree in the framework of the Bologna Process on college enrollment and drop-out rates. We use variation in the timing of the Bachelor implementation at the department level to identify the effect of the reform...

Die vorliegende Studie entsteht im Kontext des in Deutschland bestehenden Fachkräftemangels. Dieser bezieht sich vor allem auf ausgebildete Akademikerinnen und Akademiker in den für das deutsche Innovationssystem bedeutenden Kernbereichen Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaften und...

The Bologna Process was introduced in the member states of the European Union in 1999 with the aim of creating a European Higher Education Area. The main component of the reform was the replacement of the existing national systems of higher education degrees with a homogeneous Bachelor-Master...

This paper estimates the short-term effects of the introduction of the Bachelor degree in the framework of the Bologna Process on college enrollment and drop-out rates. We use variation in the timing of the Bachelor implementation at the department level to identify the effect of the reform...