Volume 17, Number 4 (Fall) 1982
Fuller, Winship C., Charles F. Manski, and David A. Wise. 1982. "New Evidence on the Economic Determinants of Postsecondary Schooling Choices." Journal of Human Resources 17(4): 477-498.
The effects of tuition costs, financial aid, and individual attributes on college choice are analyzed using a conditional logit model. The results confirm that financial aid can be an important determinant of postsecondary school attendance and that individual academic ability relative to the academic standards of a college is an important determinant of which of available college alternatives is chosen.
The authors' academic affiliations are, respectively, College of
Management Science, University of Lowell; Department of Economics, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem; and J.F.K. School of Government, Harvard University.
* This work was supported under a grant from the Exxon Education Foundation. The
constructive comments of two referees are appreciated. Responsibility for the
views and technical analysis reported herein is the authors' alone.
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