Unique new data from a college with a mandatory work-study program are used to examine the relationship between working during school and academic performance. Particular attention is paid to the importance of biases that are potentially present because the number of hours that are worked is...

Die Untersuchung stellt den Wettbewerb als Mittel zur Reform der Hochschulausbildung ins Zentrum der Überlegungen. Dass der Wettbewerb ein geeignetes Mittel sei, die gegenwärtige Hochschulmisere zu lindern oder zu beseitigen, wird seit einigen Jahren auch von Bildungspolitikern gesehen,...

The market for undergraduate education has many similarities to an arms race. A school's position - relative to other schools - determines its success in attracting students and student quality. Its position, in turn, is largely determined by the size of its student subsidies, the difference...