Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ423731
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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The Social Demand for Education in Peru: Students' Choices and State Autonomy.
Post, David
Sociology of Education, v63 n4 p258-71 Oct 1990
Asked 3,200 Peruvian graduating secondary students to explain their choice concerning whether to attend college. Reveals human capital theory's limited applicability, showing only wealthier urban boys used cost effectiveness in their decision. Relates the heterogeneity of higher education demand factors to inherent limits in Latin American centralized educational planning. Questionnaire appended. (CH)
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Demand, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, High School Graduates, Higher Education, Human Capital, Noncollege Bound Students, Sex Differences, Socioeconomic Background, Statistical Analysis, Student Educational Objectives
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Peru
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