@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp503, author={Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf and Wirz, Aniela}, title={Public Funding and Enrolment into Higher Education in Europe}, year={2002}, month={May}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={503}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp503}, abstract={In this paper we provide evidence for the impact of public funding on enrolment of students in college. We use a panel for European countries and apply instrumental variables techniques to find that public funding for schooling – regardless at what level – does increase college enrolment alike with an elasticity of about one. A second issue concerns the impact of tuition fees, which are found to reduce college enrolment.}, keywords={College enrolment;public funding;tuition costs}, }