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Student satisfaction, league tables and university applications: Evidence from Britain
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Economics of Education Review Volume 48, Number 1, ISSN 0272-7757 Publisher: Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

We investigate the impact of information about student satisfaction on university choice, using data from the UK's National Student Survey (NSS) and on applications to undergraduate degrees. We show that NSS scores have a small statistically significant effect on applications at the university-subject level. This effect operates via the influence of the NSS on a university's position in separately published, subject-specific league tables, suggesting that information contained in the league table rankings is more salient. The impact of rankings is greater for more able students, for universities with entry standards in the upper-middle tier, and for subject-departments facing more competition.

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Gibbons, S., Neumayer, E. & Perkins, R. (2015). Student satisfaction, league tables and university applications: Evidence from Britain. Economics of Education Review, 48(1), 148-164. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved September 22, 2023 from .

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