01398nas a2200145 4500008004100000245010700041210006900148490000900217520085400226100001801080700001501098700002101113700001601134856010201150 2020 eng d00aEnrolling in Higher Education: the impact of regional mobility and public-private substitution effects0 aEnrolling in Higher Education the impact of regional mobility an0 v54:13 a

In this article, we study the enrollment decision of candidates to Portuguese
public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). We classify candidates according to their
revealed preference for regional mobility and measure the impact of their mobility status on
the likelihood of enrollment. For instance, candidates succeeding to be placed in their home
district are about fourteen percentage points more likely to enroll than those pushed away.
We also show that distance deters enrollments, even for candidates that reveal a preference
for migrating. Finally, we measure the impact of the availability of private sector alternatives
in the home district on the likelihood of enrollment and show that their existence reduces
the likelihood of enrollment by up to nine percentage points.

1 aLourenço, D.1 aSá, Carla1 aTavares, Orlanda1 aCardoso, S. uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RNTQAYHVW6MYMQNRWXJA/full?target=10.1080/00213624.2020.1720574