Replication data for: Can Online Learning Bend the Higher Education Cost Curve?

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) David J. Deming; Claudia Goldin; Lawrence F. Katz; Noam Yuchtman

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Project Citation:

Deming, David J., Goldin, Claudia, Katz, Lawrence F., and Yuchtman, Noam. Replication data for: Can Online Learning Bend the Higher Education Cost Curve? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113368V1

Project Description

Summary: We examine whether online learning technologies have led to lower prices in higher education. Using data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, we show that online education is concentrated in large for-profit chains and less-selective public institutions. We find that colleges with a higher share of online students charge lower tuition prices. We present evidence of declining real and relative prices for full-time undergraduate online education from 2006 to 2013. Although the pattern of results suggests some hope that online technology can "bend the cost curve" in higher education, the impact of online learning on education quality remains uncertain.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
      I22 Educational Finance; Financial Aid
      I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions

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