Journal article

Authors list: Gareis, Philipp; Broekel, Tom

Publication year: 2022

Pages: 290-309

Journal: Journal of Economic and Human Geography

Volume number: 113

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 0040-747X

eISSN: 1467-9663

Open access status: Hybrid

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12507

Publisher: Wiley

Abstract: 
The paper contributes to the literature investigating students' spatial mobility. By focusing on German higher education students with a novel dataset providing data from 1999 to 2015, we evaluate the impact of the change from a one-tiered to the two-tiered study structure of bachelor and master degrees (Bologna reform) on their inter-regional mobility and its underlying drivers. Our analysis confirms the system change to slightly alter inter-regional mobility of students. However, differences distinguish between different fields of study and universities und universities of applied sciences and indicate that the German higher education system is fairly resilient in its allocation of students. A Bologna-Drain of students moving from rural to urban regions to study master programs, can partially be confirmed for students of business studies. Our results reject the idea of (low) tuition fees discouraging students from enrolling in specific locations.

Harvard Citation style: Gareis, P. and Broekel, T. (2022) The Spatial Patterns of Student Mobility Before, During and After the Bologna Process in Germany, Journal of Economic and Human Geography, 113(3), pp. 290-309. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12507

APA Citation style: Gareis, P., & Broekel, T. (2022). The Spatial Patterns of Student Mobility Before, During and After the Bologna Process in Germany. Journal of Economic and Human Geography. 113(3), 290-309. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12507