TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Dwenger, Nadja
AU  - Storck, Johanna
AU  - Wrohlich, Katharina
        TI  - Do Tuition Fees Affect the Mobility of University Applicants? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
        PY  - 2009/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4421
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp4421
        AB  - Several German states recently introduced tuition fees for university education. We investigate whether these tuition fees influence the mobility of university applicants. Based on administrative data of applicants for medical schools in Germany, we estimate the effect of tuition fees on the probability of applying for a university in the home state. We find a small but significant reaction: The probability of applying for a university in the home state falls by 2 percentage points (baseline: 69%) for high-school graduates who come from a state with tuition fees. Moreover, we find that students with lower high-school grades react more strongly to tuition fees. This might have important effects on the composition of students across states.
        KW  - natural experiment
KW  - mobility of high-school graduates
KW  - tuition fees
        ER  -