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Public Funding and Enrolment into Higher Education in Europe

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  • Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf

    () (University of Linz)

  • Wirz, Aniela

    () (University of Zurich)

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In this paper we provide evidence for the impact of public funding on enrolment of students in college. We use a panel for European countries and apply instrumental variables techniques to find that public funding for schooling – regardless at what level – does increase college enrolment alike with an elasticity of about one. A second issue concerns the impact of tuition fees, which are found to reduce college enrolment.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 503.

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Length: 29 pages
Date of creation: May 2002
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Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp503

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  1. Dulleck, Uwe & Frijters, Paul & Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf, 2004. "Reducing Start-Up Costs for New Firms: The Double Dividend on the Labour Market," CEPR Discussion Papers 4172, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  2. Friedrich Schneider & Alexander F. Wagner, 2003. "Tradeable permits - Ten key design issues," Economics working papers 2003-04, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
  3. Brunello, Giorgio & Lucifora, Claudio & Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf, 2001. "The Wage Expectations of European College Students," IZA Discussion Papers 299, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  4. Alexander F. Wagner & Mathias Dufour & Friedrich Schneider, 2003. "Satisfaction not Guaranteed - Institutions and Satisfaction with Democracy in Western Europe," CESifo Working Paper Series 910, CESifo Group Munich.
  5. Friedrich Schneider & Kausik Chaudhuri & Sumana Chatterjee, 2003. "The Size and Development of the Indian Shadow Economy and a Comparison with other 18 Asian Countries: An Empirical Investigation," Economics working papers 2003-02, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
  6. Bergh, Andreas & Fink, Günther, 2006. "Higher Education: Does Public Expenditure Increase Enrollment?," Ratio Working Papers 84, The Ratio Institute.

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