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>