Determinants of higher education demand in Colombia, 1980-2010

The objective of this article is to analyze the main microeconometric factors that correlate with the demand for higher education in Colombia, using data from the ENH and ECH (GEIH) surveys carried out by the DANE and through the estimation of robust discreet choice models. The results show the impo...

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Autores: Verdú, Cecilia Albert, Mora Rodríguez, Jhon James, González Espitia, Carlos Giovanni
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Colombia
Recursos:Universidad ICESI
Repositorio:Repositorio ICESI
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.icesi.edu.co:10906/79046
Acesso em linha:http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0124-59962013000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=es
http://hdl.handle.net/10906/79046
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Economía
Econometría
Economics
Econometrics models
Educación - Colombia
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Resumo:The objective of this article is to analyze the main microeconometric factors that correlate with the demand for higher education in Colombia, using data from the ENH and ECH (GEIH) surveys carried out by the DANE and through the estimation of robust discreet choice models. The results show the importance of gender, parents' educational level and work status, family composition and income in the demand for higher education. All these variables determine the fact that the principle of equal education opportunities is not fulfilled, as pointed out by Barr (1993).