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Direct linkJohnson, David R.; Rahman, Fiona T. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2005
The study uses individual data from the Canadian Labour Force Survey to consider economic factors in university participation decisions by persons aged 17-24 from 1976 to 2003. The level of real tuition is one economic factor that may affect the university participation decision. There is also regional variation in the opportunity cost of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Decision Making, Probability, Paying for College
Selleck, Laura – 1980
Results of studies concerning socioeconomic inequality characteristic of student populations in most university systems and equality of opportunity at the point of university entrance are considered in relation to the accessibility of Ontario universities to students from low-income families. Important considerations in the design of such studies…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Attendance, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Opportunities
Dubois, Julie – Human Resources Development Canada, 2002
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.…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Marital Status, High School Graduates, Foreign Countries
