Does accessibility to higher education matter? Choice behaviour of high school graduates in the Netherlands
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 and accommodate two types of effects that have not received much attention in the literature. First, we analyse the impact of geographical accessibility of the higher education system. Second, we allow the individual observations to be correlated within schools, in effect accounting for localized social interactions. Our results confirm the paramount influence of the student's track r... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2006 |
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Schlagwörter: | High school graduates / Higher education / Social interaction / Geographical accessibility |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27606806 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/1822/6836 |
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 and accommodate two types of effects that have not received much attention in the literature. First, we analyse the impact of geographical accessibility of the higher education system. Second, we allow the individual observations to be correlated within schools, in effect accounting 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 significantly increases the probability of high school leavers continuing their education at a university or professional college. ; Cet article identifie les facteurs essentiels intrinsèques à a prise de déision individuelle dans la transition ayant lieu entre l’école secondaire et l’enseignement postsecondaire au Pays-Bas. Nous appliquons le cadre d’un logit multinomial a des données individuelles et nous adaptons deux types d’effets qui n’ont pas bénéficié d’une grande attention dans la documentation. Premièrement, nous analysons l’impact de l’accessibilité géographique du systéme de l’enseignement secondaire. Deuxièmement, nous permettons la corrélation des commentaires individuels au sein des ecoles, qui representent de fait des interactions sociales localisées. Nos résultats confirment l’influence primordiale des résultats obtenus de l’etudiant ainsi que de son talent. Les résultats montrent cependant egalement que la proximité geographique augmente considérablement la probabilité des sortants du secondaire qui poursuivent leurs études dans une université ou un collège professionnel. ; Este trabajo identifica los factores claves en la toma de decisiones individuales en la transición del Instituto de Educación Secundaria a la educación Superior en los Países Bajos. Aplicamos un marco logarítmico polinomial a los datos individuales y ...