Economics of Higher Education

Wiji Arulampalam, Robin Naylor and Jeremy Smith are involved in a number of projects concerned with the Economics of Higher Education.

Recent papers published include:

Smith J., R. A. Naylor, and McKnight, A. (2000), “Graduate employment outcomes and university performance measures,” Economic Journal, vol. 110, no. 464, pp. F382-411.

Smith J., and R. A. Naylor (2001), “Dropping out of university: a statistical analysis of the probability of withdrawal of UK university students,” Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Series A), 164, pp, 389-405.

Smith, J. and Naylor, R. A. (2001), "Determinants of individual degree performance: Evidence for the 1993 UK university graduate population from the USR," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 63, pp. 29-60.

Naylor, R. A., Smith J. and McKnight, A. (2002), “The impact of schooling on graduate earnings,” Bulletin of Economic Research, forthcoming.

Recent conference papers and working papers include:

Smith J., McKnight A., and R. A. Naylor, “Determinants of Graduate Earnings,” Annual Conference of UK Labour Economists (EEEG), July 1999.

R. A. Naylor and Smith J.,  “Determinants of Individual Degree Performance: evidence for the 1993 UK graduate population from the USR,” Royal Economic Society Conference, University of Nottingham, April, 1999.

R. A. Naylor, Smith J. and McKnight A., “Determinants of Graduate Earnings,” Royal Economic Society Conference, University of St. Andews, July, 2000. Graduate earnings paper (pdf) (Tables) (pdf) 

R. A. Naylor, Smith J. “A statistical analysis of drop-out behaviour with implications for performance indicators,” Royal Statistical Society, October, 2000.

W. Arulampalam, Naylor, R. A. and Smith J., “Effects of in-class variation and student rank on the probability of withdrawal: cross-section and time-series analysis for UK university students,” Royal Economic Society Conference, University of Warwick, March, 2002. Withdrawal and composition paper (pdf) 

W. Arulampalam, Naylor, R. A. and Smith J., “A hazard model of the probability of medical school dropout in the UK,” Mimeo, University of Warwick, March, 2002. Medical school dropout hazard paper (pdf)