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Studiengebühren in Deutschland: Drei Thesen und ihr empirischer Gehalt

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  • Janeba, Eckhard
  • Kemnitz, Alexander
  • Ehrhart, Nick

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Several Bundesländer in Germany have or are about to introduce tuition fees for higher education. We discuss three hypotheses pertaining to (i) their distributional effects, (ii) their effect on the demand for higher education and study behavior, and (iii) the competition and financial re-sources effects. We utilize a large number of empirical studies and other country experiences to assess likely effects in Germany. We conclude that fees are likely to reduce enrollment modestly and that the existing system of higher education financing is probably regressive. Tuition fees will reduce regressiveness only if they replace tax-financed funding, which conflicts with the objective of increasing resources for universities however. We are sceptical about the latter to happen.

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  • Janeba, Eckhard & Kemnitz, Alexander & Ehrhart, Nick, 2006. "Studiengebühren in Deutschland: Drei Thesen und ihr empirischer Gehalt," Dresden Discussion Paper Series in Economics 14/06, Technische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Economics.
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    2. Borgloh Sarah & Kupferschmidt Frank & Wigger Berthold U., 2008. "Verteilungseffekte der öffentlichen Finanzierung der Hochschulbildung in Deutschland: Eine Längsschnittbetrachtung auf der Basis des Sozioökonomischen Panels / The Distributional Effects of Public Hig," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 228(1), pages 25-48, February.
    3. Borgloh, Sarah & Kupferschmidt, Frank & Wigger, Berthold U., 2007. "Verteilungseffekte der öffentlichen Finanzierung der Hochschulbildung in Deutschland: Eine Längsschnittbetrachtung auf der Basis des sozioökonomischen Panels," ZEW Discussion Papers 07-022, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    4. Bruckmeier Kerstin & Fischer Georg-Benedikt & Wigger Berthold U., 2015. "Studiengebühren in Deutschland: Lehren aus einem gescheiterten Experiment," Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 16(3), pages 289-301, October.
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    • I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy

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