Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51356 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 11-061
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a university. Are some quality dimensions of a ranking, e.g. research reputation or mentoring more important than others? I estimate a random utility model using administrative application data of all German medical schools. As identification relies on the variation in quality indicators over time, I can disentangle the response to changes in quality indicators from the common knowledge regarding the overall university attractiveness. Results show that the ranking provides more relevant information in the quality dimensions mentoring, infrastructure and students' satisfaction than with respect to research.
Subjects: 
Higher education
university choice
college admission
conditional logit
JEL: 
I21
I23
I28
C25
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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