Why Do Students Expect to Stay Longer in College? Evidence from Europe

Giorgio Brunello and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

No 658, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We investigate the expected college completion time of European college students by using data from a survey of more than 3000 students in 10 countries. We explain observed excess time to graduation by paying special attention to labor market variables, such as unemployment, wage differentials and employment protection, and to the funding of tertiary education.

Keywords: college; wage inequality; college completion; expectations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2002-11
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Published - published in: Economics Letters, 2003, 80 (2), 247-253.

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