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How much does degree choice matter? / Britton, Jack; Erve, Laura van der; Belfield, Chris et al.
In: Labour Economics, Vol. 79, 102268, 31.12.2022.

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Britton, J, Erve, LVD, Belfield, C, Vignoles, A, Dickson, M, Zhu, Y, Walker, I, Dearden, L, Sibieta, L & Buscha, F 2022, 'How much does degree choice matter?', Labour Economics, vol. 79, 102268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102268

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Britton, J., Erve, L. V. D., Belfield, C., Vignoles, A., Dickson, M., Zhu, Y., Walker, I., Dearden, L., Sibieta, L., & Buscha, F. (2022). How much does degree choice matter? Labour Economics, 79, Article 102268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102268

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Britton J, Erve LVD, Belfield C, Vignoles A, Dickson M, Zhu Y et al. How much does degree choice matter? Labour Economics. 2022 Dec 31;79:102268. Epub 2022 Nov 1. doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102268

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Britton, Jack ; Erve, Laura van der ; Belfield, Chris et al. / How much does degree choice matter?. In: Labour Economics. 2022 ; Vol. 79.

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title = "How much does degree choice matter?",
abstract = "We use a large and novel administrative dataset to investigate returns to different university {\textquoteleft}degrees{\textquoteright} (subject-institution combinations) in the United Kingdom. Conditioning on a rich set of background characteristics, we find substantial variation in returns across degrees with similar selectivity levels, suggesting students{\textquoteright} degree choices matter a lot for later-life earnings. Returns increase with university selectivity much more at the top of the selectivity distribution than further down, and much more for some subjects than others. Returns are poorly correlated with observable degree characteristics other than selectivity, which could have important implications for student choices and the incentives of universities.",
keywords = "Returns to education, Degree choice",
author = "Jack Britton and Erve, {Laura van der} and Chris Belfield and Anna Vignoles and Matt Dickson and Yu Zhu and Ian Walker and Lorraine Dearden and Luke Sibieta and Franz Buscha",
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journal = "Labour Economics",
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AU - Erve, Laura van der

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AU - Vignoles, Anna

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AU - Dearden, Lorraine

AU - Sibieta, Luke

AU - Buscha, Franz

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