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| Title: | | Do tuition fees affect the mobility of university applicants? Evidence from a natural experiment  |
| Authors: | | Dwenger, Nadja Storck, Johanna Wrohlich, Katharina |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion Papers 4421 |
| Abstract: | | Several German states recently introduced tuition fees for university education. We investigate whether these tuition fees influence the mobility of university applicants. Based on administrative data of applicants for medical schools in Germany, we estimate the effect of tuition fees on the probability of applying for a university in the home state. We find a small but significant reaction: The probability of applying for a university in the home state falls by 2 percentage points (baseline: 69%) for high-school graduates who come from a state with tuition fees. Moreover, we find that students with lower high-school grades react more strongly to tuition fees. This might have important effects on the composition of students across states. |
| Subjects: | | Mobility of high-school graduates tuition fees natural experiment |
| JEL: | | I22 I28 H75 R23 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des DIW IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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