The demand for higher education in Puerto Rico.

Autor/in	King, Jonathan
Titel	The demand for higher education in Puerto Rico.
Quelle	In: Economics of education review, 12 (1993) 3, S. 257-265Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 30; Tabellen 1
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/0272-7757(93)90008-5
Schlagwörter	Förderung; Studium; Studienwahl; Studienfach; Studienförderung; Akademiker; Bedarf; Puerto Rico
Abstract	Enrollment models are estimated for three Puerto Rico university systems. The opportunity cost and benefit to education are both measured as expected wage rates, a formulation which appears appropriate given the island's historically high unemployment rates. From the consumption function literature support is found for short-term, rather than a future oriented, decision framework to underlie the models. The models also include variables to test a market segmentation hypothesis.... The hypothesis that the universities are not substitutes for one another is accepted. The study also replicates findings that explain student decision to undertake higher education in terms of reward motivated behavior. The higher education demand function can be identified since universities in Puerto Rico generally finance their expansion by long-term loans and bond issues, rather than through tuition hikes. (DIPF/Abstract uebernommen).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	1996_(CD)