Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/236369 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14338
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
After increasing in the 1970s and 1980s, time to bachelor's degree has declined since the 1990s. We document this fact using data from three nationally representative surveys. We show that this pattern is occurring across school types and for all student types. Using administrative student records from 12 large universities, we confirm the finding and show that it is robust to alternative sample definitions. We discuss what might explain the decline in time to bachelor's degree by considering trends in student preparation, state funding, student enrollment, study time, and student employment during college.
Subjects: 
time to degree
college graduation
JEL: 
I20
I21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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