Modeling educational choices. A binomial logit model applied to the demand for Higher Education

Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-311

  De Dios Jiménez, Juan ^a   Salas Velasco, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Demand for higher education; Educational choice; Human capital; Logit models; Odds ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044524293     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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