ABSTRACT

In this paper we use a theoretical model of effort optimization on the part of university students to simulate the effects of different tuition fees schemes. For each of such schemes, we present and discuss the trade-offs that appear among the three outcomes that every exercise of policy evaluation in this context should take into consideration, namely, efficiency – that is, student effort-, student welfare and university revenues. To this end, we depart from the tuition fees policy change that took place in the Spanish public university system in year 2012 and compare it with alternative tuition fees designs. Among other results we find that a design with very low entry fees and high penalty cost for failing the exams is the most suitable one in terms of efficiency and university revenues.

摘要

在本文中，我们使用大学生努力优化的理论模型来模拟不同学费计划的效果。对于每一个这样的计划，我们提出并讨论了在这种情况下每次政策评估都应该考虑的三个结果之间的权衡，即效率——即学生的努力——、学生福利和大学收入. 为此，我们从 2012 年西班牙公立大学系统中发生的学费政策变化出发，并将其与其他学费设计进行比较。在其他结果中，我们发现，就效率和大学收入而言，入学费用非常低且考试不及格的惩罚成本高的设计是最合适的。