caa a22 4500 463162048 CHVBK 20180406164750.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10734-006-9016-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10734-006-9016-6 Are student exchange programs worth it? [Elektronische Daten] [Dolores Messer, Stefan Wolter] The number of university students participating in exchange programs has risen sharply over the last decade. A survey of Swiss university graduates (classes of 1999 and 2001) shows that participation in student exchange programs depends significantly on the socio-economic background of students. We further analyze whether the participants benefit from additional advantages caused by these exchange programs. Analyses show that student exchange programs are associated with higher starting salaries and a higher likelihood of opting for postgraduate degrees. Analyses using instrumental variable estimations (IV), however, show that these outcomes are not causally related to participation in exchange programs. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2006 Exchange semester nationallicence ERASMUS nationallicence Graduate survey nationallicence Instrumental variables nationallicence Switzerland nationallicence Messer Dolores University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland aut Wolter Stefan University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland aut Higher Education Springer Netherlands 54/5(2007-10-01), 647-663 0018-1560 54:5<647 2007 54 10734 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-006-9016-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-006-9016-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Messer Dolores University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wolter Stefan University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Higher Education Springer Netherlands 54/5(2007-10-01), 647-663 0018-1560 54:5<647 2007 54 10734 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence SWISSBIB 351970975 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer