@techreport{Riphahn2004Enrollment,
abstract = {This study utilizes the heterogeneity of the fee abolition for West German secondary schools
to identify its effect on enrollment and to obtain an estimate of the price elasticity of demand
for education. The analysis is based on administrative school enrollment statistics as well as
on representative individual-level data from three annual surveys of the German
Mikrozensus. Estimates suggest that enrollment in Advanced Schools increased by about six
percent due to the fee abolition, where the results are sensitive to the specification choice.
The positive enrollment effect of fee abolition for women exceeds that for men. A fifty percent
reduction in fees is associated with an overall change in enrollment rates by 3 percent, where
the elasticity of the demand for females' education again exceeds that for males'.},
author = {Regina T. Riphahn},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {C21; H71; I20; H52; 330; school fees; tuition; enrollment; demand for education; natural experiment; Bildungsverhalten; Allgemeinbildende Schule; Schulfinanzierung; Sch\"{a}tzung; Deutschland},
language = {eng},
number = {1295},
title = {The Enrollment Effect of Secondary School Fees in Post-War Germany},
type = {IZA Discussion paper series},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20561},
year = {2004}
}
