Tertiary and further education
These projects examine how tertiary education, continuing training, and alternative educational pathways affect career success, labor market integration, regional development, and the economic value of educational credentials.
Assessing the Value of Incomplete University Degrees: Experimental Evidence from HR Recruiters.Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 235, 2025. By Andrea Diem, Christian Gschwendt and Stefan C. Wolter.
Empowering refugees: The role of comprehensive training programs in labor market integration.Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 218, 2025 (first version 2024). By Chiara Zisler, Eric Bettinger and Uschi Backes-Gellner.
The Value of a Degree. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 247, 2025. By Maria A. Cattaneo, Christian Gschwendt and Stefan C. Wolter.
The Effect of Postsecondary Educational Institutions on Local Economies: A Bird’s-Eye View. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 210, 2024. By Patrick Lehnert, Madison Dell, Uschi Backes-Gellner and Eric Bettinger.
Different degrees of skill obsolescence across hard and soft skills and the role of lifelong learning for labor market outcomes.Industrial Relations, 62(2023)3: 257-287. By Tobias Schultheiss and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working Paper version
The role of fields of study for the effects of higher education institutions on regional firm location. Small Business Economics, 61(2023): 1587-1656. By Tobias Schlegel and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working Paper version
Innovation Effects of Universities of Applied Sciences: an Assessment of Regional Heterogeneity.The Journal of Technology Transfer, 47(2022): 63-118. By Tobias Schlegel, Curdin Pfister, Dietmar Harhoff and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working Paper version
Tertiary Education Expansion and Regional Firm Development. Regional Studies, 56(2022)11: 1874-1887. By Tobias Schlegel, Curdin Pfister and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working Paper version
A place too crowded to study: The impact of student cohort growth on the probability of university dropout.Hungarian Educational Research Journal, 9(2019)2: 189-212. By Andrea Diem and Stefan C. Wolter.
A Comparison of Career Success between Graduates of Vocational and Academic Tertiary Education. Oxford Review of Education, 40(2014)2: 266-291. By Uschi Backes-Gellner and Regula Geel. Working Paper version.
Drop-outs from Swiss Universities: an empirical analysis of data on all students between 1975 and 2008.European Journal of Education, 49(2014)4: 471-483. By Stefan C. Wolter, Andrea Diem and Dolores Messer.
Overeducation among Swiss University Graduates: Determinants and Consequences. Journal for Labour Market Research, 47(2014)4: 313-328. By Andrea Diem and Stefan C. Wolter.