Does reducing student support affect educational choices and performance? Evidence from a Dutch reform.

Autor/inn/en	Belot, Michele; Canton, Erik; Webbink, Dinand
Institution	Nederland. Centraal Planbureau
Titel	Does reducing student support affect educational choices and performance? Evidence from a Dutch reform. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Wirkt sich die Kürzung von Unterstützungsleistungen auf die Bildungswahl und Studienleistung aus?. Erfahrungen aus der niederländischen Reform.
Quelle	The Hague (2004), 44 S., 243 KB PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	CPB discussion paper. 35
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
ISBN	90-5833-181-4
Schlagwörter	Stipendium; Berufswahl; Studium; Studienwahl; Studiendauer; Studienerfolg; Studienverhalten; Studienmotivation; Studienfach; Abbruch; Arbeitspapier; Auswirkung; Nebenverdienst; Studienanfänger; Niederlande
Abstract	"This paper investigates the impact of student support on educational choice (university versus non-university) and student performance in higher education, using data from the Netherlands. Over the years, the generosity of this support system has been substantially reduced. This paper considers the 1996-reform, which reduced the duration of public support by one year and limited it to the nominal duration of the study program. We investigate the effects of the reform, using micro data on freshmen from two cohorts: one before the change (1995) and one after the change (1997). We find that the reform drove 2.2% of the students from university to higher vocational education. We also find that performance improved after the reform. The probability of dropping out after 5 months fell by 2%, and university students completed 5% more courses. In addition, students spent relatively more time working on the side (3.7 hours per week on average) and less time studying (1.8 hours per week on average). This means that students probably became more efficient." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: Evaluation; anwendungsorientiert; empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Längsschnitt; Querschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1995 bis 1998. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2006/2