Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0

Author-Name: Benedikt Siegler
Author-X-Name-First: Benedikt 
Author-X-Name-Last: Siegler


Title: The Effect of University Openings on Local Human Capital Formation: Difference-in-Differences Evidence from Germany
	
Abstract: Between 1960 and 1979, 93 new universities opened in Germany. Using this large tertiary
education expansion, I estimate the effect of a university opening on the probability of
obtaining a university degree in the local population. I exploit the geographical variation in
local university access in a difference-in-differences approach by comparing age cohorts in
counties that were and were not affected by the opening. Results show that a new university
increases the share of university graduates in a county by 8 to 10 percentage points. The effect
seems to be mainly driven my females and immigrants.

Length:  39 pages
Creation-Date:  2012-08
File-URL: http://www.bgpe.de/texte/DP/124_Siegler.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2012
Number: 124
Classification-JEL: I23, I28, H75
Keywords: tertiary education, education expansion, difference-in-differences, natural experiment, new university opening
Handle: RePEc:bav:wpaper:124_Siegler