Tuition Fees, Self-Esteem and Social Heterogeneity

Autor/inn/en	Flacher, David; Harari-Kermadec, Hugo
Titel	Tuition Fees, Self-Esteem and Social Heterogeneity
Quelle	In: Education Economics, 21 (2013) 2, S.191-210 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-5292
DOI	10.1080/09645292.2011.561630
Schlagwörter	Models; Tuition; Self Esteem; Higher Education; Academic Ability; Academic Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analogiemodell; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schulleistung
Abstract	Modelling students' behaviour in relation to tuition fees is a complex task since students' "talent" is not common knowledge. Students observe a private noisy signal of their abilities, while university receives noisy information based on the quantitative and qualitative data provided by university applicants. In this article, we add the heterogeneity of the population to this model: we assume that this heterogeneity means that the perception of skills among a part of the population is biased and underestimates the capabilities of its members to succeed in the higher education system. Our conclusions differ from those derived in the literature and show in particular that the optimal tuition fees for a given number of students are lower than those obtained for a homogeneous population. (Contains 24 notes.) (As Provided).
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