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What drives enrolment gaps in further education? The role of beliefs in sequential schooling decisions

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2020
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Belfield, C., Boneva, T., Rauh, C., & Shaw, J. (2020). What drives enrolment gaps in further education? The role of beliefs in sequential schooling decisions. Economica, 87(346), 490–529. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12307

Abstract

Abstract

Abstract

We study students’ motives to obtain sixth form and university education in a sample of 885 secondary school students in the UK. At each educational stage, perceptions about the consumption value of education explain a substantial share of the variation in students’ intentions to obtain further education, while beliefs about the monetary benefits and costs are not found to play an important role. Beliefs about the consumption value of university predict not only students’ intentions to go to university but also their intentions to go

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  • Belfield, Chris
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  • Boneva, Teodora
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  • Rauh, Christopher
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  • Shaw, Jonathan
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87

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346

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490

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529

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Journal Article

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Keywords

Economics and Econometrics

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Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)

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English

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2020-04-01

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2020-09-30

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0013-0427

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Green

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merlin-id:19841

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Belfield, C., Boneva, T., Rauh, C., & Shaw, J. (2020). What drives enrolment gaps in further education? The role of beliefs in sequential schooling decisions. Economica, 87(346), 490–529. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12307

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