The Determinants of University Participation in Canada (1977-2003)

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The Determinants of University Participation in Canada (1977-2003)

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Louis N. Christofides
Michael Hoy
Ling Yang

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The decision to attend university is influenced by the balance of the expected returns and costs of attending university, by liquidity constraints and capital market imperfections that may modify these calculations and, hence, by the family income of prospective students. Family circumstances also play a role. We examine the secular increase in the propensity of children from Canadian families, evident in annual surveys spanning two and a half decades, to attend university. We quantify the importance of these factors taking account of the greater propensity by young women than men to attend university and controlling for secular trends in socioeconomic norms that impinge on these decisions.

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Paper provided by University of Cyprus Department of Economics in its series University of Cyprus Working Papers in Economics with number 4-2008.

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