Access to College and University: Does Distance to School Matter?

Frenette, Marc

doi:10.2307/3552523

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“…Frenette (2004) finds support for the idea that increased distance to school is associated with lower university attendance and a larger tendency to attend the local college. This relationship is found to be much stronger in lower-income families.…”

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Intergenerational Transmission of Education Across European Countries and Cohorts

2011

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This article investigates the intergenerational transmission of education in 28 European countries. The main aim is to answer the following questions: (1) To what degree are parents' education and the educational attainment of their children related in different countries and cohorts, and (2) how can we explain the country-cohort variation in these effects by looking at contextual characteristics? In order to explain this variation, we focus on the degree of industrialisation, female labour force participation, the structure of the educational system and the political ideology of a country. Regarding industrialisation, we do not only take its size into account, but also the pace of the development. Multilevel estimates on 76,821 individuals nested in 250 country-cohort combinations from three waves of the European Social Survey (2002Á2006) show that we cannot fully support the prediction of decreasing intergenerational transmission of education solely under the influence of industrialisation. While being an important factor that positively influences the general level of schooling for a certain cohort in a particular country, its decreasing effect of the parents' education on their children's schooling is complemented by the other interacting contextual factors, such as female labour force participation and the quality of the school system.

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Section: Educational Systemmentioning

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Intergenerational Transmission of Education Across European Countries and Cohorts

2011

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“…Although a few studies have investigated student behaviours by using distance between higher education institutions as an input variable (e.g. Frenette 2004;Denzler and Wolter 2011), little is known about the influence distance between institutes with identical programmes on attractiveness of programmes. Using a data set from the Dutch Ministry of Education ('Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs') consisting of students from 1356 study programmes spread across 50 institutions within the period of 2008-2013, this study has investigated the relationship between higher education institutes' study programme and distance included competition, programme variety and other characteristics such as gender among the dependent variables.…”

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“…While the effects of distance variables on attractiveness of higher education institutions have been widely discussed, relatively little has been identified about whether and how distance affects the choice of a programme. A previous study analysing the relationship between distance and university choice showed that there is a strong negative relationship between the two (Frenette 2004). Apart from this, some economic studies used distance-to-university as an exogenous variable in their estimations.…”

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The attractiveness of programmes in higher education: an empirical approach

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Witte

Groot

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European Journal of Higher Education

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Higher education institutions have experienced an increase in student enrolment over the past decades. At the same time, universities increasingly attempt to attract students by offering a variety of study programmes. Using a Dutch panel data set of 1300 programmes in 50 institutions, this study investigates what explains the attractiveness of study programmes. We hypothesize that the distance of study programmes plays a major role in student decisions to attend. Based on an instrumental variables identification strategy, we demonstrate that the closest distance between similar programmes offered and competition between programmes have significant effects on the enrolment of students in higher education. The results indicate that a one-kilometer increase in the closest distance between similar programmes decreases the number of students to enrol in a programme byseven students after controlling for programme type and other characteristics. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Für den nordamerikanischen Raum existieren einige Studien, die zeigen, dass die Entfernung zur nächsten Hochschule die Aufnahme eines Studiums negativ beeinflusst (Card 1995;Frenette 2004Frenette , 2006Turley 2009 Sá et al (2004). C (costs), Erträge B (benefits) und die Erfolgswahrscheinlichkeit P (probability of success) alternativer Bildungswege und wählen die Option mit dem größten Nutzen U (utility) aus (Erikson & Jonsson 1996: 13 ff.…”

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Eine Frage des Wohnorts

Helbig

Jähnen

Marczuk

2017

Zeitschrift Für Soziologie

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Abstract: This paper examines to what extent distance to the nearest university affects school leavers' intentions to enroll in higher education. Furthermore, we investigate the mechanisms underlying the relationship between the proximity of universities and the intention to study. Terms of use: Documents inFor this purpose, we draw on data from the DZHW Panel Study of School Leavers with a Higher Education Entrance Qualification in the years 1999-2010. There is evidence of direct and indirect effects of anticipated financial costs of distance to university on the decision to study. In addition, we find that emotional costs moderate the observed association. In the former East German states, the proximity of universities plays a less substantial role. The new states show a socio-structurally uneven distribution of individuals with higher education entrance qualifications regarding distance to the nearest university.

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Access to College and University: Does Distance to School Matter?

Cited by 127 publications

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Intergenerational Transmission of Education Across European Countries and Cohorts

Intergenerational Transmission of Education Across European Countries and Cohorts

The attractiveness of programmes in higher education: an empirical approach

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