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.