DP7657 Does university quality drive international student flows?

Author(s):	Linda Van Bouwel, Reinhilde Veugelers
Publication Date:	January 2010
Keyword(s):	higher education, international student mobility, quality indicators, university rankings
JEL(s):	F22, I23, J61
Programme Areas:	Labour Economics
Link to this Page:	cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=7657

We examine whether the (research) quality of a country?s higher education system drives macro-flows of foreign tertiary students in Europe. We use various measures on the quality of a country?s higher education system in an extended gravity model. We find that quality has a positive and significant effect on the size and direction of flows of students exchanged between 18 European countries.