The Demand for Higher Education and a Test of the Extreme Screening Hypothesis

Hung-Lin Tao

Education Economics, 2006, vol. 14, issue 1, 75-88

Abstract: This study proposes a model to estimate the demand for higher education. The present model is characterized by an ability-based distribution of high school graduates who choose between entering the labor market and beginning post-secondary schooling. In addition to estimating the demand for higher education, this model also derives a test of the extreme screening hypothesis. Moreover, it provides estimates of human capital accumulation functions for both males and females.

Keywords: Higher education; screening hypothesis; human capital; innate ability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1080/09645290500481899

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