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Determinants and Distributional Aspects of Enrollment in U.S. Higher Education

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  • Arthur J. Corazzini
  • Dennis J. Dugan
  • Henry G. Grabowski

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Based upon human capital theory, an enrollment model for higher education is formulated with demand being subject to nonprice rationing by academic admission standards. Cross-sectional differences in student enrollment are related to variables representing both demand factors and supply-side constraints. Two questionnaire surveys - Project Talent's national cross-sectional sample in the early 1960s and a recent survey of 4,000 high school seniors in the Boston SMSA - provide sufficient data to test the theoretical hypothesis derived. At both levels of aggregation, strong structural relationships between college attendance and socioeconomic status emerge. Stratifying the on-going group by socioeconomic quartiles yields insights into the distributional aspects of higher education enrollment.

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  • Arthur J. Corazzini & Dennis J. Dugan & Henry G. Grabowski, 1972. "Determinants and Distributional Aspects of Enrollment in U.S. Higher Education," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 7(1), pages 39-59.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:7:y:1972:i:1:p:39-59
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    1. Bijan Vasigh & Reza Hamzaee, 2004. "Testing sensitivity of student enrollment with respect to tuition at an institution of higher education," International Advances in Economic Research, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 10(2), pages 133-149, May.
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    6. Holtkamp, Janice McClung, 1994. "States' support of higher education: A theoretical and empirical analysis," ISU General Staff Papers 1994010108000012264, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    7. Akinola G W & Bokana K G, 2018. "Human Capital, Higher Education Enrolment and Economic Growth in the SSA Countries (Panel Model Approach)," Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, AMH International, vol. 9(6), pages 215-226.
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