Enrolment in higher education in The Netherlands

Hessel Oosterbeek; Dinand Webbink

doi:10.1007/BF01434014

Enrolment in higher education in The Netherlands

Hessel Oosterbeek, Dinand Webbink

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In this paper we investigate the determinants of higher education enrolment in The Netherlands and estimate three different economic models referring to investment motives, consumption motives, and a combination of these two. By estimating these models for different years (1982 and 1991) we identify changes over time. The importance of financial variables appears to be vanishing. Moreover, we find that enrolment is no longer related to ability variables. We offer explanations for these findings. Finally, we employ the results to simulate some policy measures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	367-380
Number of pages	14
Journal	De Economist
Volume	143
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01434014
Publication status	Published - Aug 1995
Externally published	Yes

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