Student Graduation in Spain: To What Extent Does University Expenditure Matter?
Student Graduation in Spain: To What Extent Does University Expenditure Matter?
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西班牙学生毕业：大学支出在多大程度上重要？
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2014
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通讯作者：
Néstor Duch
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作者：
Javier García;Néstor Duch
摘要
毕业率仍然是衡量机构业绩最常用的指标之一。本文分析了大学的特点和GR在西班牙之间的关系，使用的数据集为整个公立大学系统在1998年至2008年期间。由于我们观察了同一所大学几年，我们第一次解决制度未观察到的异质性问题。从我们的研究结果中可以得出的主要结论是，大学的特点，如支出，学生与教师的比例和财政援助的学生是重要的占GRs。令人惊讶的是，学生的能力对毕业没有显著影响，考虑到西班牙大学系统的特点，这一结果是合理的。
Abstract
Graduation rates (GRs) remain one of the most frequently applied measures of institutional performance. This paper analyzes the relationship between university characteristics and GRs in Spain, using a dataset for the entire public university system over the period 1998–2008. Since we observe the same university over several years, we address the problem of institutional unobserved heterogeneity for the first time. The main findings that can be drawn from our results are that university features, such as expenditure, student–teacher ratio and financial-aid to students are important in accounting for GRs. Surprisingly, student ability has no significant impact explaining graduation, a result that can be justified given the features of the Spanish university system.