Are dropout and degree completion in doctoral study significantly dependent on type of financial support and field of research?

In this article, the determinants of ‘time to dropout’ from doctoral studies and ‘time to PhD completion’ are studied using a discrete-time competing risks survival analysis for a sample of 3092 doctoral candidates from the Université libre de Bruxelles. Not surprisingly, results show that students supported with research fellowships have much higher PhD completion hazards than teaching assistants or unfinanced students. Concerning dropout,...