TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Christofides, Louis N.
AU  - Hoy, Michael
AU  - Yang, Ling
        TI  - The Determinants of University Participation in Canada (1977−2003)
        PY  - 2008/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 3805
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp3805
        AB  - The decision to attend university is influenced by the balance of the expected returns and costs of attending university, by liquidity constraints and capital market imperfections that may modify these calculations and, hence, by the family income of prospective students. Family circumstances also play a role. We examine the secular increase in the propensity of children from Canadian families, evident in annual surveys spanning two and a half decades, to attend university. We quantify the importance of these factors taking account of the greater propensity by young women than men to attend university and controlling for secular trends in socioeconomic norms that impinge on these decisions.
        KW  - societal trends
KW  - gender
KW  - income
KW  - parental education
KW  - university premium
KW  - university participation
KW  - tuition
        ER  -