Calendrier du 23 septembre 2014
Applied Economics Lunch Seminar
Du 23/09/2014 de 12:30 à 13:30
MOULIN Hervé (University of Glasgow)
Tuition fees and social segregation: lessons from a natural experiment at the University of Paris 9-Dauphine
écrit avec David Flacher (Université Paris 13 Sorbonne Paris Cité – CEPN (CNRS UMR 7234)) and Hugo Harari-Kermadec (ENS Cachan – IDHES (CNRS UMR 8533))
Using a natural experiment (a sharp rise in certain fees at the University of Paris 9-Dauphine), we study the impact of fees on students’ pathways and outcomes. We apply an optimal matching method to the national database of student registrations (SISE) to define a typology of pathways. We then use a non-ordered multinomial logit model to evaluate the impact of the rise in fees on the types of pathways selected by the university. We show that there is a significant impact on these pathways. The fee increase reduces geographic and social mobility, thereby accentuating phenomena of social segregation. Furthermore, contrary to what some of the studies on fees assert, the rise does not appear to encourage greater effort: we find no impact on the graduation success rate.