International student exchange and academic performance

Dirk Czarnitzki, Wytse Joosten and Otto Toivanen

No 671958, Working Papers of ECOOM - Centre for Research and Development Monitoring from KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), ECOOM - Centre for Research and Development Monitoring

Abstract: International student exchange has become an important part of university-level studies and the EU plans to increase it significantly. We analyze how international student exchange affects students’ academic human capital. Using detailed studentlevel data from four faculties (Economics and Business, Law, Engineering and Science) of a large Belgian public university we find that, on average, exchange students lose 7% in terms of grades relative to their non-mobile peers, but less so in Erasmus-facilitated exchange. Since students’ academic performance is an important factor in companies’ hiring decisions, participation in international exchange seems to have a non-negligible impact on labor market outcomes.

Keywords: exchange programs; student mobility; academic performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48
Date: 2021-03-09
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Published in FEB Research Report MSI_2106, pages 1-48

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