caa a22 4500 445326727 CHVBK 20180317142723.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11162-010-9186-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11162-010-9186-z How Long Does it Take to Earn a Higher Education Degree in Spain? [Elektronische Daten] [Gérard Lassibille, Ma Navarro Gómez] The purpose of this paper is to identify the main determinants of time-to-degree in higher education. Our results use retrospective data on the full cohort of first-time entering students who embarked on short and long programs from one university in Spain and who were observed over an 8-year period ending in 2004. The descriptive analyses show that less than 40% of degree recipients are able to graduate within the minimum period of time. Duration models are estimated for different types of programs. The empirical results show that time-to-completion is extremely sensitive to students' abilities and, to a much lesser extent, to socio-economic background, motivation when entering the program and, gender. We find no evidence that delayed enrollment or size of program is associated with the amount of time it takes to earn a degree. Other things held constant, graduates who receive financial support continuously through the entire period finish faster, and promoting student performance at the beginning of the program significantly speeds student progress toward a degree. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Higher education nationallicence Time-to-degree nationallicence Survival analysis nationallicence Spain nationallicence Lassibille Gérard Institut de Recherche sur l'Economie de l'Education, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Pôle AAFE, Esplanade Erasme, BP 26513, 21065, Dijon Cedex, France aut Navarro Gómez Ma Departamento de Estadística y Econometría, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, El Ejido, s/n, 29013, Málaga, Spain aut Research in Higher Education Springer Netherlands 52/1(2011-02-01), 63-80 0361-0365 52:1<63 2011 52 11162 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-010-9186-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-010-9186-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lassibille Gérard Institut de Recherche sur l'Economie de l'Education, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Pôle AAFE, Esplanade Erasme, BP 26513, 21065, Dijon Cedex, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Navarro Gómez Ma Departamento de Estadística y Econometría, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, El Ejido, s/n, 29013, Málaga, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Research in Higher Education Springer Netherlands 52/1(2011-02-01), 63-80 0361-0365 52:1<63 2011 52 11162 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer