Determinants of the regional demand for higher education in the Netherlands: A gravity model approach

Regional Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 375-392

  Sá, Carla ^a,b   Florax, Raymond J G M ^c,d   Rietveld, Piet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Demand for higher education; Education quality; Gravity model

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; HIGHER EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3142694087     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03434002000213905     Document Type: Article

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