College Choice and Family Income: Changes Over Time in the Higher Educations of Students from Different Income Backgrounds

Michael McPherson and Morton Schapiro

No DP-29, Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education from Department of Economics, Williams College

Abstract: McPherson and Schapiro analyze data from the American Freshman Surveys of 1980, 1989 and 1993 to determine how family income has affected choice of institution, and how this has varied over time.

Keywords: education; family; income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 1994
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