Does Accessibility to Higher Education matter? Choice Behavior of High School Graduates in the Netherlands

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This paper identifies pivotal factors behind individual decision-making in the transition from high school to post-secondary education in the Netherlands. We apply a multinomial logit framework to individual data on post-secondary education choices. Specifically, our modeling approach accommodates two types of effects that have not received ample attention in the literature. First, we include information regarding the geographical accessibility of the higher education system. Second, we allow the individual observations to be correlated within schools in order to account for localized social interactions. Our results confirm the paramount influence of the student’s track record and talent. The results, however, also show that geographical proximity to universities or professional colleges significantly increases the probability of high school leavers continuing their education at the post-secondary level.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. 04-061/3

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities ; Analysis of Education ; General Regional Economics (includes Regional Data)
• Subject: high school graduates ; higher education ; social interaction ; geographical accessibility ; Bildungschancen ; Studium ; Akademiker ; Niederlande

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Sá, Carla ; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. ; Rietveld, Piet
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Tinbergen Institute
• (where): Amsterdam and Rotterdam
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/86463
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