Distance and intrastate college student migration

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 728-738

  Alm, James ^a   Winters, John V ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

College education; Gravity model; Intrastate migration; Mobility

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HIGHER EDUCATION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; MODELING; STUDENT;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350196378     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Alfonso M. The impact of community college attendance on baccalaureate attainment. Research in Higher Education 47 8 (2006) 873-903
2. Ali M.K. Analysis of enrollment: A spatial-interaction model. The Journal of Economics 29 2 (2003) 67-86
3. Amemiya T. Regression analysis when the dependent variable is truncated normal. Econometrica 41 6 (1973) 997-1016
4. Baryla Jr. E.A., and Dotterweich D. Student migration: Do significant factors vary by region?. Education Economics 9 3 (2001) 269-280
5. Bergstrand J.H. The gravity equation in international trade: Some microeconomic foundations and empirical evidence. The Review of Economics and Statistics 67 3 (1985) 474-481
6. Card D. Using geographic variation in college proximity to estimate the return to schooling. In: Christofides L., Swideinsky R., and Grant E.K. (Eds). Aspects of labour market behaviour: Essays in honor of John Vanderkamp (1995), University of Toronto Press, Toronto 201-222
7. Desjardins S.L., Dundar H., and Hendel D.D. Modeling the college application process in a land-grant university. Economics of Education Review 18 1 (1999) 117-132
8. Fotheringham A.S., Nakaya T., Yano K., Openshaw S., and Ishikawa Y. Hierarchical destination choice and spatial interaction modeling: A simulation experiment. Environment and Planning A 33 5 (2001) 901-920
9. Ghatak S., Levine P., and Price S.W. Migration theories and evidence: An assessment. Journal of Economic Surveys 10 2 (1996) 159-198
10. Gossman C.S., Nobbe C.E., Patricelli T.J., Schmid C.F., and Steahr T.E. Migration of college and university students in the United States (1968), The University of Washington Press, Seattle
11. Greenwood M.J. Research on internal migration in the United States: A survey. Journal of Economic Literature 13 2 (1975) 397-433
12. Hanushek E.A. The failure of input-based schooling policies. Economic Journal 113 485 (2003) F64-F98
13. Heller D.E. Student price response in higher education: An update to Leslie and Brinkman. Journal of Higher Education 68 6 (1997) 624-659
14. In: Hoxby C.M. (Ed). College choices: The economics of where to go, when to go, and how to pay for it (2004), University of Chicago Press for NBER, Chicago
15. Information Digest, 2002-2003. University System of Georgia, Office of Strategic Research and Analysis. Available online at http://www.usg.edu/usg_stats/info_digest/2002/.
16. Kariel H.G. Student enrollment and spatial interaction. Annals of Regional Science 2 1 (1968) 114-127
17. Kyung W. In-migration of college students to the state of New York. Journal of Higher Education 67 3 (1996) 349-358
18. Leppel K. Logit estimation of a gravity model of the college enrollment decision. Research in Higher Education 34 3 (1993) 387-398
19. Leslie L.L., and Brinkman P.T. Student price response in higher education. Journal of Higher Education 58 2 (1987) 181-204
20. Lowe J.C., and Viterito A. Differential spatial attraction of private colleges and universities in the United States. Economic Geography 65 3 (1989) 208-215
21. McConnell H. Spatial variability of college enrollment as a function of migration potential. The Professional Geographer 17 6 (1965) 29-37
22. McHugh R., and Morgan J.N. The determinants of interstate student migration: A place-to-place analysis. Economics of Education Review 3 4 (1984) 269-278
23. Mixon Jr. F.G. Factors affecting college student migration across states. International Journal of Manpower 13 1 (1992) 25-32
24. Mixon Jr. F.G. A public choice note on college student migration. International Journal of Manpower 13 3 (1992) 63-68
25. Mixon Jr. F.G., and Hsing Y. College student migration and human capital theory: A research note. Education Economics 2 1 (1994) 65-73
26. Mixon Jr. F.G., and Hsing Y. The determinants of out-of-state enrollment in higher education: A tobit analysis. Economics of Education Review 13 4 (1994) 329-335
27. Ordovensky J.F. Effects of institutional attributes on enrollment choice: Implications for postsecondary vocational education. Economics of Education Review 14 4 (1995) 335-350
28. Sà C., Florax R.J.G.M., and Rietveld P. Determinants of the regional demand for higher education in the Netherlands: A gravity model approach. Regional Studies 38 4 (2004) 375-392
29. Tuckman H.P. Determinants of college student migration. Southern Economic Journal 37 2 (1970) 184-189
30. Ullis J.J., and Knowles P.L. A study of the intrastate migration of Washington college freshmen: A further test of the gravity model. Annals of Regional Science 9 1 (1975) 112-121