Post-high school choices: New evidence from a multinomial logit model

Nguyen, Anh Ngoc; Taylor, Jim

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“…Educational attainment of parents and/or their occupational status are sometimes used either to proxy this income effect or to capture the independent positive influence it has on youngsters' decisions to attend higher education (e.g. Checchi, 2000;Hartog & Serrano, 2002;Nguyen & Taylor, 2003).…”

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“…This is subsequently useful information for future employers, and higher education hence operates as a filter. Many studies use test scores as a proxy for individual talent and show that students with higher scores are more likely to attend post-secondary education (Fuller et al, 1982;Venti & Wise, 1983;Catsiapis, 1987), in particular academic programmes (Ordovensky, 1995;Nguyen & Taylor, 2003).…”

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“…Initially, studies assumed the choice to be a simple binary decision between continuing schooling or entering the labour market (see, for instance, Kohn et al, 1976). More recently, studies have considered broader sets of alternatives, including vocational education options and labour market alternatives, and have analysed the choice behaviour by means of multinomial models (see, for instance, Riphahn, 2002;Nguyen & Taylor, 2003;Giannelli & Monfardini, 2003).…”

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“…Regional characteristics, such as the level of educational attainment, the intellectuality of the regional milieu, and the availability of local amenities may also be relevant (Sá et al, 2004). In order to control for such aspects, some studies include regional dummies, usually derived from a rather crude division of the country into large heterogeneous entities such as North, South, East, and West (see Giannelli & Monfardini, 2003, in a study for Italy; and Nguyen & Taylor, 2003, in a study for the USA).…”

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Does Accessibility to Higher Education Matter? Choice Behaviour of High School Graduates in the Netherlands

Sá¹,

Florax

Rietveld³

2006

Spatial Economic Analysis

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This paper identifies pivotal factors behind individual decision making in the transition from high school to post-secondary education in the Netherlands. We apply a multinomial logit framework to individual data and accommodate two types of effects that have not received much attention in the literature. First, we analyse the impact of geographical accessibility of the higher education system. Second, we allow the individual observations to be correlated within schools, in effect accounting for localized social interactions. Our results confirm the paramount influence of the student's track record and talent. The results, however, also show that geographical proximity significantly increases the probability of high school leavers continuing their education at a university or professional college.L'accessibilité à l'enseignement supérieur importe-t-elle? Comportement du choix des diplô més de l'enseignement secondaire au Pays-Bas RÉ SUMÉ Cet article identifie les facteurs essentiels intrinse`ques a`la prise de de´cision individuelle dans la transition ayant lieu entre l'e´cole secondaire et l'enseignement postsecondaire au Pays-Bas. Nous appliquons le cadre d'un logit multinomial a`des donne´es individuelles et nous adaptons deux types d'effets qui n'ont pas be´ne´ficie´d'une grande attention dans la documentation. Premie`rement, nous analysons l'impact de l'accessibilite´ge´ographique du syste`me de l'enseignement secondaire. Deuxie`mement, nous permettons la corre´lation des commentaires individuels au sein des e´coles, qui repre´sentent de fait des interactions sociales localise´es. Nos re´sultats confirment l'influence primordiale des re´sultats obtenus de l'e´tudiant ainsi que de son talent. Les re´sultats montrent cependant e´galement Carla Sá (to whom correspondence should be sent), NIPE, University of Minho, Portugal, and Tinbergen Institute, Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal. Email: cangelica@eeg.uminho.pt. Raymond J. G. M. que la proximite´ge´ographique augmente conside´rablement la probabilite´des sortants du secondaire qui poursuivent leurs e´tudes dans une universite´ou un colle`ge professionnel. ¿Importa el acceso a la Educació n Superior? La toma de decisiones en graduados de Educació n Secundaria en los Países Bajos.RESUMEN Este trabajo identifica los factores claves en la toma de decisiones individuales en la transicio´n del Instituto de Educacio´n Secundaria a la educacio´n Superior en los Países Bajos. Aplicamos un marco logarítmico polinomial a los datos individuales y analizamos dos tipos de efectos que no han sido estudiados detalladamente en este tipo de literatura. Primero, analizamos el impacto de la accesibilidad geogra´fica del sistema de Educacio´n Superior. Segundo, permitimos que las observaciones sean correlacionadas dentro de las escuelas pudiendo explicar las interacciones sociales localizadas. Nuestros resultados confirman la significativa influencia de los antecedentes escolares de los estudiantes y sus habilidades. Los resultados, sin embargo, tambie´n revelan que la ...

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2006

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“…Besides a positive relationship between parental status and post secondary school choices, they report differences in the estimated coefficients by gender, as does Dustmann (2004). Nguyen and Taylor (2003) show that the effects of parental characteristics are also positive, but differ among ethnic groups and selected tracks for pupils' post-high school choices in the USA. Feinstein and Symons (1999) and Ermisch and Francesconi (2001) support these findings with similar evidence for the UK (see Li 2007 for China, Maani and Kalb 2007 for New Zealand).…”

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Family Background or the Characteristics of Children: What Determines High School Success in Germany?

Balsmeier,

Peters

2008

SSRN Journal

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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. Terms of use: Documents in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research at DIW BerlinThis series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel Study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences: economics, sociology, psychology, survey methodology, econometrics and applied statistics, educational science, political science, public health, behavioral genetics, demography, geography, and sport science.The decision to publish a submission in SOEPpapers is made by a board of editors chosen by the DIW Berlin to represent the wide range of disciplines covered by SOEP. There is no external referee process and papers are either accepted or rejected without revision. Papers appear in this series as works in progress and may also appear elsewhere. They often represent preliminary studies and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be requested from the author directly. Authors Benjamin Balsmeier and Heiko Peters AbstractIt is becoming more and more important to be highly skilled in order to integrate successfully into the labor market. Highly skilled workers receive higher wages and face a lower risk of becoming unemployed, compared to poorly qualified workers. We analyze the determinants of successful high school graduation in Germany. As our main database, we use the youth file of GSOEP for the period extending from 2000 to 2007. Because the decision as to which secondary school track to attend -general school (Hauptschule), intermediate school (Realschule) or high school (Gymnasium) -is made after the end of elementary school (Grundschule) at age of ten, parents are responsible for this decision. Therefore, the characteristics of the child as well as those of its parents are the main determinants of educational attainment. We also include the characteristics of grandparents in our regression framework, something which has not been done in any previous study so far. In order to disentangle the determinants of successful graduation at high school, we use the Cox proportional hazard model. We find markedly different determinants of successful graduation for males and females. Furthermore, the results indicate a strong linkage between moth...

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Education or employment—choices facing young people in Kazakhstan

Kalyuzhnova

Kambhampati

2006

J of Intl Development

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This paper considers the links between education and employment in Kazakhstan. Using a sample of 12 000 Kazakhstani households, we analyse the factors determining the choice made by young adults between education and work within a multinomial logit framework. Our results confirm that while men are more likely to work and to remain unemployed, women are actually much more likely than men to study further. The main findings of the paper are firstly, contrary to studies elsewhere in the world, the family's income level does not influence the probability of study but influences all other choices significantly. Secondly, like studies conducted on most other countries of the world, the educational status of parents significantly influences the choices made by their offspring. In addition, the regional (location) characteristics play a role in the choice of post-compulsory education.

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Post-high school choices: New evidence from a multinomial logit model

Cited by 43 publications

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Does Accessibility to Higher Education Matter? Choice Behaviour of High School Graduates in the Netherlands

Does Accessibility to Higher Education Matter? Choice Behaviour of High School Graduates in the Netherlands

Family Background or the Characteristics of Children: What Determines High School Success in Germany?

Education or employment—choices facing young people in Kazakhstan

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