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ERIC ED505300: What Influences Young Canadians to Pursue Post-Secon...
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This paper uses the theory of human capital to model post-
secondary education enrolment decisions. The model is
based on the assumption that high school graduates assess
the costs and benefits associated with various levels of
post-secondary education (college or university) and
select the option that maximizes the expected net present
value. Given the discrete nature of an investment choice,
the theoretical model is estimated using a multinomial
logit approach and data from the School Leavers Follow-up
Survey, 1995. The estimated coefficients identify the
main determinants of post-secondary participation. The
study indicates that parental education, parental
financial support, and the student's individual
abilities, marital status, parental status and
immigration status were the factors that most heavily
influenced the university enrolment decision. In terms of
college studies, the factors that most heavily influenced
the investment decision were the province of residence,
gender, marital status and the father's level of
education and occupation. This paper is structured as
follows. Following an Introduction, the second part
presents some of the U.S. studies that developed and
estimated a model of investment in post-secondary
education. The third one models the decisions concerning
the pursuit of post-secondary studies in Canada on the
basis of the approach developed by Catsiapis (1987). The
following part presents the econometric model. The fifth
one provides a description of the surveys used to
estimate the educational investment model developed in
the third part. The sixth part is dedicated to analyzing
the results. The seventh part discusses the consequences
of the findings for policy development. Finally, the
conclusion summarizes the main findings and proposes a
few options for research. (Contains 12 tables and a
bibliography.)
Date Published: 2016-01-29 04:47:49
Identifier: ERIC_ED505300
Item Size: 27008150
Language: english
Media Type: texts
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