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Does the choice of university matter? A study of the differences across UK universities in life sciences students' degree performance
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Bratti, Massimiliano (2002) Does the choice of university matter? A study of the differences across UK universities in life sciences students' degree performance. Economics of Education Review, 21 (5). pp. 431-443. doi:10.1016/S0272-7757(01)00035-8 ISSN 0272-7757.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0272-7757(01)00035-8
Abstract
This paper investigates differences across UK universities in 1993 life sciences students' degree performance using individual-level data from the Universities' Statistical Record (USR). Differences across universities are analysed by specifying and estimating a subject-specific educational production function. Even after including a wide range of controls for the quality of students, significant differences emerge across universities in students' degree performance. We apply a two-stage estimation procedure and find evidence that a large part Of 'university effects' cannot be explained by the kind of institutional inputs commonly used in the literature on school quality. Finally, we compare the unadjusted ranking of universities based on the proportion of 'good' (first and upper second class honours) degrees awarded with that based on the estimated probability of a 'good' degree obtained from the microeconometric model and find significant differences between the two indicators of universities' performance. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions L Education |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Economics of Education Review | ||||
| Publisher: | Pergamon Press | ||||
| ISSN: | 0272-7757 | ||||
| Official Date: | October 2002 | ||||
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| Volume: | 21 | ||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 13 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 431-443 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0272-7757(01)00035-8 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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