Higher education as a portfolio investment: students' choices about studying, term time employment, leisure, and loans

C-Tier
Journal: Oxford Economic Papers
Year: 2013
Volume: 65
Issue: 2
Pages: 268-292

Authors (4)

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0.251 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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Abstract

Recent UK changes in the number of students entering higher education, and in the nature of financial support, highlight the complexity of students' choices about human capital investments. Today's students have to focus not on the relatively narrow issue of how much academic effort to invest, but instead on the more complicated issue of how to invest effort in pursuit of 'employability skills', and how to signal such acquisitions in the context of a highly competitive graduate jobs market. We propose a framework aimed specifically at students' investment decisions, which encompasses corner solutions for both borrowing and employment while studying. Copyright 2013 Oxford University Press 2012 All rights reserved, Oxford University Press.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:oup:oxecpp:v:65:y:2013:i:2:p:268-292
Journal Field
General
Author Count
4
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2026-01-25