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dc.contributor.authorGaribaldi, Pietro
dc.contributor.authorGiavazzi, Francesco
dc.contributor.authorIchino, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorRettore, Enrico
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-27T18:14:26Z
dc.date.available2012-11-27T18:14:26Z
dc.date.issued2011-04
dc.date.submitted2010-10
dc.identifier.issn0034-6535
dc.identifier.issn1530-9142
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75035
dc.description.abstractUniversity tuition typically remains constant throughout the years of enrollment while delayed degree completion is increasingly a problem for academic institutions around the world. Theory suggests that if continuation tuition were raised, the probability of late graduation would be reduced. Using a regression discontinuity design on data from Bocconi University in Italy, we show that a 1,000 euro increase in continuation tuition reduces the probability of late graduation by 5.2% when the benchmark probability is 80%. This decline is not associated with an increase in the dropout rate or a fall in the quality of students performance.en_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMIT Pressen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00195en_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.sourceMIT Pressen_US
dc.titleCollege Cost and Time to Complete a Degree: Evidence from Tuition Discontinuitiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationGaribaldi, Pietro et al. “College Cost and Time to Complete a Degree: Evidence from Tuition Discontinuities.” Review of Economics and Statistics 94.3 (2012): 699–711. © 2012 The MIT Pressen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economicsen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorGiavazzi, Francesco
dc.relation.journalReview of Economics and Statisticsen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsGaribaldi, Pietro; Giavazzi, Francesco; Ichino, Andrea; Rettore, Enricoen
mit.licensePUBLISHER_POLICYen_US
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