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Enrolling in Higher Education: The Impact of Regional Mobility and Public-Private Substitution Effects

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  • Diogo Lourenço
  • Carla Sá
  • Orlanda Tavares
  • Sónia Cardoso

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In this article, we study the enrollment decision of candidates to Portuguese public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). We classify candidates according to their revealed preference for regional mobility and measure the impact of their mobility status on the likelihood of enrollment. For instance, candidates succeeding to be placed in their home district are about fourteen percentage points more likely to enroll than those pushed away. We also show that distance deters enrollments, even for candidates that reveal a preference for migrating. Finally, we measure the impact of the availability of private sector alternatives in the home district on the likelihood of enrollment and show that their existence reduces the likelihood of enrollment by up to nine percentage points.

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  • Diogo Lourenço & Carla Sá & Orlanda Tavares & Sónia Cardoso, 2020. "Enrolling in Higher Education: The Impact of Regional Mobility and Public-Private Substitution Effects," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(1), pages 183-197, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:jeciss:v:54:y:2020:i:1:p:183-197
    DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2020.1720574
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    1. Biscaia, Ricardo & Sá, Carla & Teixeira, Pedro N., 2021. "The (In)effectiveness of regulatory policies in higher education—The case of access policy in Portugal," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 176-185.
    2. Orlanda Tavares & Cristina Sin & Carla Sá & Francisco Pereira & Alberto Amaral, 2023. "Graduate employment: Does the type of higher education institution matter?," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 75(4), pages 1140-1156, October.

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