Peut-on comparer les performances des universités ?. Application à la satisfaction des étudiants franciliens

Thomas Brodaty and Gwénaël Jacotin

Revue économique, 2016, vol. 67, issue 2, 315-336

Abstract: In this paper, we try to evaluate a college value-added defined as a difference in performances. We propose a strategy of identification and an empirical application to student satisfaction in Paris area. Indeed, college concentration and zoning enrollment regulation that apply to high school graduates provide a quasi natural experiment. We show that ignoring selection on the unobservables systematically leads to biased estimations of the true value-added. As a consequence, evaluations relying only on usual observed student characteristics could be seriously misleading. In this case, public policies that would use college performances as a criterion for public fundings could raise important inequity problems. Classification JEL : I23, C21, C26

JEL-codes: C21 C26 I23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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