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Did tuition fees in Germany constrain students’ budgets? New evidence from a natural experiment

Less than a decade ago, several German states introduced tuition fees for university education. Despite their comparatively low level of about €500 per semester, fees were perceived by the public to increase social injustice and have been abolished recently. Whereas other studies have shown no effec...

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Volume: 5
Main Author: Thomsen, Stephan
von Haaren-Giebel, Friederike
Format: Journal Article
Language: English
Place of publication: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2016
Springer Nature B.V
published in: IZA journal of European labor studies Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 1 - 25
Data of publication: 20161200
ISSN: 2193-9012
2193-9012
EISSN: 2193-9012
Discipline: Economics
Subjects:
Economics
Population Economics
Student spending
Tuition fees
European Integration
Labor Economics
Germany
Natural experiment
Studies
Higher education
University students
Personal finance
Enrollments
Working hours
Tuition
Budgets
Germany
Online Access: Fulltext
Database: Springer Journals Complete - Open Access
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