10.6084/m9.figshare.5649499.v1 Carlos Vieira Carlos Vieira Isabel Vieira Isabel Vieira Luis Raposo Luis Raposo Distance and academic performance in higher education Taylor & Francis Group 2017 higher education academic performance geographical distance D91 I24 I25 R12 R23 2017-11-30 13:03:56 Journal contribution https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Distance_and_academic_performance_in_higher_education/5649499 <p>This paper examines whether one of the determinants of academic performance in higher education is the geographical distance separating the place of study and the place of family residence. Twelve years of data on students from a public university are utilized to estimate a model of relative academic performance, with an instrumental variables two-stage least squares estimator to account for possible endogeneity bias. The results indicate that distance is a negative determinant of academic performance and provide a new factor to take into account in reflexions over the impact of the spatial organization of higher education institutions.</p>