Tuition fees as a commitment device
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- Ketel, Nadine & Linde, Jona & Oosterbeek, Hessel & van der Klaauw, Bas, 2014. "Tuition Fees as a Commitment Device," IZA Discussion Papers 7951, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Field experiment; Higher education; Sunk-cost effect;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2014-06-02 (Education)
- NEP-EXP-2014-06-02 (Experimental Economics)
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