August 1, 2002
The demand for higher education in the Netherlands 1950-'99
Hoogte van collegegeld vormt geen bedreiging voor toegankelijkheid van universitair onderwijs
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De invloed van economische factoren op de beslissing om een universitaire studie te beginnen en de mate waarin economische motieven een rol spelen bij de deelnamebeslissing is van belang voor overheidsbeleid, met name bij de vaststelling van het collegegeld en de hoogte van de studiefinanciering.
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This paper investigates the role of economic factors in the university enrollment decision for the post-war period in the Netherlands.
We include those factors standing at the heart of the idea that education is an investment. Collecting student enrollment data for eight subject categories results in a large data set, as a cross-section dimension is added to the time-series. The econometric results suggest that students are not responsive to tuition fees, but financial support (the sum of loans and grants), the college premium on future labour market earnings, and the alternative wage are important in the enrollment decision.
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Authors
Erik Canton
Frank de Jong
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