The academic circles are devoting a growing interest to delayed graduation and overeducation, but none has analyzed the joint consequences of these two phenomena. Thus, this paper studies the link between graduation not within the minimum period and overeducation, and the effects of these...

This paper surveys the theoretical approaches used in the literature to study the phenomenon of delayed graduation and university dropout. The classical human capital model does not contemplate failure, which the amended human capital model does. Delayed graduation and university dropout are two...

The academic circles are devoting a growing interest to delayed graduation and overeducation, but none has analyzed the joint consequences of these two phenomena. Thus, this paper studies the link between graduation not within the minimum period and overeducation, and the effects of these...

We analyze the effect of a change in workload allocation across university courses on students' academic outcomes. We provide the first evidence that reducing the number of courses needed to graduate without changing the total workload expressed in university credits drives students to severely...

We analyze the effect of a change in workload allocation across university courses on students' academic outcomes. We provide the first evidence that reducing the number of courses needed to graduate without changing the total workload expressed in university credits drives students to severely...