Table 7

Native Enrollment Rate by Type of Study Field

Outcome: Share of Native First-Year Students in Birth Cohort
STEMNon-STEMAffectedNonaffected
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Panel A: All Institutions
30min * 2002–20060.000−0.001−0.001−0.000
(0.004)(0.005)(0.003)(0.005)
30min * 2008–20160.0020.0050.0010.007
(0.003)(0.005)(0.003)(0.005)
Mean outcome0.1190.2060.1030.222
SD outcome0.0350.0610.0250.071
Commuting zones106106106106
Within 30 min35353535
N2,2262,2262,2262,226
Panel B: Universities
30min * 2002–2006−0.001−0.003−0.001−0.002
(0.002)(0.003)(0.002)(0.003)
30min * 2008–2016−0.000−0.003−0.002−0.001
(0.002)(0.004)(0.002)(0.004)
Mean outcome0.0660.1160.0510.131
SD outcome0.0260.0490.0190.057
Commuting zones106106106106
Within 30 min35353535
N2,2262,2262,2262,226
Panel C: Universities of Applied Sciences
30min * 2002–20060.0010.0010.0010.002
(0.003)(0.003)(0.002)(0.004)
30min * 2008–20160.0030.008***0.0030.008**
(0.003)(0.003)(0.002)(0.003)
Mean outcome0.0530.0910.0520.091
SD outcome0.0200.0390.0140.043
Commuting zones106106106106
Within 30 min35353535
N2,2262,2262,2262,226
  • Source: SHIS-studex.

  • Notes: The table shows difference-in-differences estimates using annual data at the commuting zone level for the period 1997–2017. Affected fields are those with a relative skill supply measure above one as shown in Table 3. The dependent variable is the share of native first-year students in the birth cohort by study field and institutional type. Observations are weighed by the cohort size in 1997. Standard errors in parentheses are clustered at the commuting zone level. *p < 0.1, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.