Demand for Higher Education in the United States: A Critical Review of the Empirical Literature.

D. Weinschrott

ResearchPublished 1977

Evaluates eight major studies that model the relative and absolute price-responsiveness of students in various income groups. The studies are assessed by important specification issues that serve as criteria for the adequacy of experimental controls: (1) treatment of higher education as consumption item or investment, (2) selection of the relevant choice set, (3) measurement of financial aid offers, (4) identification of demand/supply relationships, and (5) use of stratified estimates. All of the studies reviewed are deficient according to one or more of the criteria. 87 pp. Bibliog.

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  • Year: 1977
  • Pages: 87
  • Document Number: R-2195-LE

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