Time-to-Degree and the Business Cycle

Autor/inn/en	Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C.
Titel	Time-to-Degree and the Business Cycle
Quelle	In: Education Economics, 18 (2010) 1, S.111-123 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-5292
Schlagwörter	Investigations; Student Attitudes; Economic Climate; Time to Degree; Program Length; Predictor Variables; Foreign Countries; Graduate Surveys; Economic Factors; Salary Wage Differentials; Economic Change; Education Work Relationship; Macroeconomics; Economic Research; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Untersuchung; Schülerverhalten; Wirtschaftslage; Prädiktor; Ausland; Ökonomischer Faktor; Ökonomischer Wandel; Makroökonomie; Wirtschaftsforschung; Schweiz
Abstract	This paper presents the results of an empirical investigation trying to explain individual time-to-degree variances with business cycle fluctuations. Assuming that students determine the optimum study length at university weighing up the cost of an additional semester against the consumption benefit of studying and not yet working, the general economic environment during the study period should, in turn, influence the individual time-to-degree through changes in the cost level and the consumption benefit of an additional semester. The investigation, using a representative data-set based on Swiss university graduates from 1981 to 2001, shows that changes in the unemployment rate have a significant impact on individual time-to-degree. (Contains 5 tables and 6 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10