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

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  • Carla Sá

    () (Department of Economics, University of Minho, Portugal)

  • Raymond J.G.M. Florax

    () (Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University)

  • Piet Rietveld

    () (Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Abstract

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.

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Paper provided by Tinbergen Institute in its series Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers with number 04-061/3.

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Date of creation: 02 Jun 2004
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Handle: RePEc:dgr:uvatin:20040061

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Keywords: high school graduates; higher education; social interaction; geographical accessibility;

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  1. Sandra E. Black & Amir Sufi, 2002. "Who Goes to College? Differential Enrollment by Race and Family Background," NBER Working Papers 9310, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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  1. Franta, Michal & Guzi, Martin, 2012. "Unequal Access to Higher Education in the Czech Republic: The Role of Spatial Distribution of Universities," IZA Discussion Papers 6285, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  2. Carla Sá & Raymond Florax & Piet Rietveld, 2007. "Living-arrangement and university decisions of Dutch young adults," NIPE Working Papers 14/2007, NIPE - Universidade do Minho.
  3. Cullinan, John & Flannery, Darragh & Walsh, Sharon & McCoy, Selina, 2012. "Distance Effects, Social Class and the Decision to Participate in Higher Education in Ireland," Papers WP444, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
  4. Patrizia Ordine & Claudio Lupi, 2009. "Family Income and Students' Mobility," Giornale degli Economisti, GDE (Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia), Bocconi University, vol. 68(1), pages 1-23, April.
  5. B. Cesi & Dimitri Paolini, 2011. "University choice, peer group and distance," Working Paper CRENoS 201101, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia.

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