Does student mobility during higher education pay?

Abstract

"We use data from 16 European countries to study the effects of student mobility during higher education on future mobility, on the transition from education to employment and on hourly earnings five years after graduation. We control for several important pre-determined individual characteristics and proxies for ability, motivation and initiative that are likely to be correlated with both the mobility decision and the outcomes. The findings point to a positive association between mobility and future mobility and earnings, while the transition to employment seems to be slightly delayed. While the effects on future mobility are found in all countries and fields of education, the ones related to the labour market are only found in few of them. We also discuss and present evidence on possible mechanisms." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Rodrigues, M. (2013): Does student mobility during higher education pay? Evidence from 16 European countries. (EUR. Scientific and Technical Research Reports 26089), Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 53 p. DOI:10.2788/95642