Determinants in University Desertion and Graduation: An Application using Duration Models

Paula Giovagnoli
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Paula Giovagnoli: Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS), Departamento de Economía, Universidad Nacional de La Plata

ECONÓMICA, 2005, vol. LI, issue 1-2, pages 59-90

Abstract: This study examines the issue of student departure from a public university. Non-parametric proportional hazard models are used to estimate the quantitative and qualitative effects of the students’ personal and socioeconomic characteristics on the probability of their dropping out or graduating. Data include a cohort of students who started studying accounting at the National University of Rosario, Argentina, in 1991. The results are useful to evaluate and design public policies in the educational sector.

Keywords: University students; drop out and graduation; duration models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 C41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005

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