Universität zu Köln

Fischer, Mira and Kampkoetter, Patrick (2017). Effects of German Universities' Excellence Initiative on Ability Sorting of Students and Perceptions of Educational Quality. J. Inst. Theor. Econ.-Z. Gesamte Staatswiss., 173 (4). S. 662 - 688. TUBINGEN: J C B MOHR. ISSN 1614-0559

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Abstract

We investigate potential spillover effects from the German Excellence Initiative on university education. Using data from a representative student survey, we find that winning the competition allows universities to enroll significantly better high-school graduates in three subsequent admission terms. We then investigate a possible channel explaining the effect on admissions by studying whether the excellence label improves students' perception of educational quality. We find that the label significantly improves students' ratings of a university's educational quality and their job market expectations immediately following the award. However, ratings largely return to previous levels when students are surveyed three years later, although the status persists.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Fischer, Mira UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kampkoetter, Patrick UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-210608
DOI:	10.1628/093245617X14816371560173
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Inst. Theor. Econ.-Z. Gesamte Staatswiss.
Volume:	173
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 662 - 688
Date:	2017
Publisher:	J C B MOHR
Place of Publication:	TUBINGEN
ISSN:	1614-0559
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language TUITION FEES AFFECT; NATURAL EXPERIMENT; CREDENCE GOODS; COMPETITION; RANKINGS; SCHOOL; CONSUMERS; BEHAVIOR; DEMAND; MATTER Multiple languages Economics Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/21060