Can neighbourhoods change the decisions of youth on the margins of university participation?
Authors: K. Foley
Overview
Abstract (English)
In this paper, I take advantage of a longitudinal data set, the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS), to estimate the relationship between neighbourhoods and university participation among Canadian youth. I use the fraction of adults who have a Bachelors degree in a small geographic area surrounding a youth’s home as a proxy for the pool of potential peers and role models. Because the characteristics which determine where families live are generally correlated with university participation, I employ a conditional independence assumption to identify the neighbourhoods.
Abstract (French)
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Details
| Type | PhD dissertation |
|---|---|
| Author | K. Foley |
| Publication Year | 2010 |
| Title | Can neighbourhoods change the decisions of youth on the margins of university participation? |
| University | University of British Columbia |
| Publication Language | English |
- K. Foley
- Can neighbourhoods change the decisions of youth on the margins of university participation?
- K. Foley
- University of British Columbia
- 2010