Does Distance Determine Who Attends a University in Germany?

Autor/inn/en	Spiess, C. Katharina; Wrohlich, Katharina
Titel	Does Distance Determine Who Attends a University in Germany?
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 29 (2010) 3, S.470-479 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.10.009
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Geographic Location; Educational Demand; Higher Education; Costs; Enrollment Influences; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsanforderung; Bildungsnachfrage; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Cost; Kosten; Deutschland
Abstract	We analyze the role of distance to the nearest university in the demand for higher education in Germany. Distance could matter due to transaction costs or due to neighborhood effects. We use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) combined with a database on university postal codes to estimate a discrete choice model of the demand for higher education. We show that--controlling for other socio-economic and regional characteristics--distance to the nearest university at the time of completing secondary school significantly affects the decision to enroll in a university. Our empirical results further suggest that the distance effect is driven mainly by transaction costs rather than by neighborhood effects. (Contains 1 figure and 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10