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International student exchange and academic performance

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  • Dirk Czarnitzki
  • Wytse Joosten
  • Otto Toivanen

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International student exchange has become an important part of university-level studies and the EU plans to increase it significantly. We analyze how international student exchange affects students’ academic human capital. Using detailed studentlevel data from four faculties (Economics and Business, Law, Engineering and Science) of a large Belgian public university we find that, on average, exchange students lose 7% in terms of grades relative to their non-mobile peers, but less so in Erasmus-facilitated exchange. Since students’ academic performance is an important factor in companies’ hiring decisions, participation in international exchange seems to have a non-negligible impact on labor market outcomes.

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  • Dirk Czarnitzki & Wytse Joosten & Otto Toivanen, 2021. "International student exchange and academic performance," Working Papers of ECOOM - Centre for Research and Development Monitoring 671958, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), ECOOM - Centre for Research and Development Monitoring.
    • Handle: RePEc:ete:ecoomp:671958
    Note: paper number MSI_2106
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    1. Otavio Conceiçaõ & Rodrigo Oliveira & André Portela Souza, 2023. "The impacts of studying abroad: Evidence from a government-sponsored scholarship program in Brazil," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2023-49, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    2. Cintia Denise Granja & Fabiana Visentin, 2024. "International Student Mobility and Academic Performance: Does Timing Matter?," Research in Higher Education, Springer;Association for Institutional Research, vol. 65(2), pages 322-353, March.

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    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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