A theoretical and empirical analysis of college choice

• Project/Area Number: 23530273
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: SHIMANE Tetsuya 東京工業大学, 情報理工学(系)研究科, 助教 (90286154)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
• Keywords: 産業論 / 大学入試 / 離散選択モデル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I formulate students' college choice decision as a discrete choice model which maximize their expected utilities on enrolling in the college. Because of their utilities depending on the college's characteristics (the quality of education, the admission system, etc), the discrete choice model explains how the college's characteristics effect on the application decision of students.
I analyze college choice behavior in Japan by the model, then I investigate how students evaluate colleges.