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Do Tuition Fees Affect the Mobility of University Applicants? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

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Dwenger, Nadja () (DIW Berlin)
Storck, Johanna () (DIW Berlin)
Wrohlich, Katharina () (DIW Berlin)

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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.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 4421.

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Keywords: mobility of high-school graduates; tuition fees; natural experiment;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance
I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Health, Education, and Welfare
R23 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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