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Studies on the determinants of the demand for higher education typically emphasizethe relevance of socio-economic factors, but leave the spatial dimensions of the prospectivestudents’ university choices largely unexplored. In this study, we investigate the determinantsof university entrance...
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This paper identifies pivotal factors behind individual decision-making in the transition from high school to post-secondary education in the Netherlands. We apply a multinomial logit framework to individual data on post-secondary education choices. Specifically, our modeling approach...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256650
Accident costs are an important component of the external costs of traffic, a substantial part of whichis related to fatal accidents. The evaluation of fatal accident costs crucially depends on theavailability of an estimate for the economic value of a statistical life. The aim of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257341
S<sc>á</sc> C., F<sc>lorax</sc> R. J. G. M. and R<sc>ietveld</sc> P. Living arrangement and university choice of Dutch prospective students, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. The nature of university choice and living-arrangement decisions of Dutch prospective students is analysed. A random utility maximization nested logit model of...
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The purpose of this article is to explore the determinants of the implicit price of the risk of flooding. We carry out a meta-analysis on estimates resulting from the application of hedonic price models. The variable under scrutiny is the relative change in the price of a house located in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324658
Climate change, the ?boom and bust? cycles of rivers, and altered water resourcemanagement practice have caused significant changes in the spatial distribution of the risk offlooding. Hedonic pricing studies, predominantly for the US, have assessed the spatial incidenceof risk and the associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483584
Accident costs are an important component of the external costs of traffic, a substantial part of whichis related to fatal accidents. The evaluation of fatal accident costs crucially depends on theavailability of an estimate for the economic value of a statistical life. The aim of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324608
Studies on the determinants of the demand for higher education typically emphasizethe relevance of socio-economic factors, but leave the spatial dimensions of the prospectivestudents’ university choices largely unexplored. In this study, we investigate the determinantsof university entrance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324886
This paper identifies pivotal factors behind individual decision-making in the transition from high school to post-secondary education in the Netherlands. We apply a multinomial logit framework to individual data on post-secondary education choices. Specifically, our modeling approach...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325423
Climate change, the 'boom and bust' cycles of rivers, and altered water resource management practice have caused significant changes in the spatial distribution of the risk of flooding. Hedonic pricing studies, predominantly for the US, have assessed the spatial incidence of risk and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493301