Luận Văn Econometric study of the demand for higher education in Canada, 1976--1995 by Zhang, Yuanyuan (2000)

Econometric study of the demand for higher education in Canada, 1976--1995

University enrollment in Canada has witnessed ups and downs in the last two decades. What factors play roles behind these movements of university enrollment in Canada? This question motivates the work of this thesis. Education is a product, a special product. Both human capital theory and demand theory try to explain the factors that affect the demand for higher education. Especially since the debut of human capital theory in the late 1950's and early 1960's, the motivation for receiving higher education and the expected returns to education have been widely studied. The role that the expected returns to education plays in the demand for higher education is widely recognized. Besides these economic factors, some studies have also focused on the responsiveness of the demand for higher education to movements in the labour market. Using Canadian time series data from the years of 1976-1995, the thesis empirically tests the hypotheses that the demand for higher education is responsive to labour market movement as well as to personal income and university tuition fee in the observed period. Due to the limitations of the data, the results of this study could not prove what theory suggests.
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[TD]Dissertation[/TD]
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[TH]Author(s):[/TH]
[TD]Zhang, Yuanyuan[/TD]
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[TH]Published:[/TH]
[TD]2000[/TD]
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[TD]English[/TD]
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