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Fast Track or Failure: A Study of the Completion Rates of Graduate Students in Economics

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van Ours, Jan C. () (CentER for Economic Research, University of Tilburg, Institute for Labor Studies (OSA), CEPR and IZ)
Ridder, Geert (The John Hopkins University, Baltimore)

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This paper presents an analysis of the failure and completion rates of graduate students in economics at three universities in The Netherlands. We find that an indicator of the research productivity of the supervisor is an important determinant of the completion and dropout rates. However, this effect seems due to the fact that supervisors with a good research record attract and select better students. There is no evidence of an independent effect of having a supervisor who is an active researcher.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 107.

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Keywords: Duration analysis education graduate program

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C41 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Duration Analysis
I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education

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  1. Bijwaard, Govert E. & Ridder, Geert, 2005. "Correcting for selective compliance in a re-employment bonus experiment," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 125(1-2), pages 77-111. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Ronald G. Ehrenberg & Panagiotis G. Mavros, 1995. "Do Doctoral Students' Financial Support Patterns Affect Their Times-to-Degree and Completion Probabilities," NBER Working Papers 4070, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Arulampalam, Wiji & Naylor, Robin A. & Smith, Jeremy P., 2001. "A Hazard Model of the Probability of Medical School Dropout in the United Kingdom," IZA Discussion Papers 333, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  2. Steve Bradley & Jim Taylor & Anh Ngoc Nguyen, 2001. "High school dropouts: a longitudinal analysis," Working Papers 000037, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department. [Downloadable!]
  3. Fertig, Michael & Schmidt, Christoph M., 2000. "Discretionary Measures of Active Labor Market Policy: The German Employment Promotion Reform in Perspective," IZA Discussion Papers 182, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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