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Higher education: Time for coordination on a European level?

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Laura Thissen
Sjef Ederveen

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Education has always been regarded as a national matter. According to the subsidiarity principle power may only be shifted to a higher level of coordination when solid arguments exist that this will improve welfare. This paper aims at answering the question if these arguments exist. We find no support for economies of scale, i.e. larger countries do not necessarily provide higher quality education; nor do larger schools. Empirical evidence for human capital externalities through student mobility is scarce. Concluding, we find little support for European coordination of higher education. However, there is evidence that student mobility is a precursor for labour migration. Uniformizing the structure of higher education in the EU, and making educational programs more transparent, may therefore be defended from this perspective. Quality does matter for students, and student mobility is increasing. This may be beneficial to labour mobility.

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Paper provided by CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis in its series CPB Discussion Papers with number 68.

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Keywords: Subsidiarity; European coordination; Higher education; Student migration;

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F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
H87 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods
I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers

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  1. Frederick van der Ploeg & Reinhilde Veugelers, 2007. "Higher Education Reform and the Renewed Lisbon Strategy: Role of Member States and the European Commission," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
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