Four essays on the microeconometric analysis of the demand for postsecondary education.

Summary This thesis contains four essays related to the microeconometric analysis of the demand for post-secondary education. It examines the educational choices of high school graduates from several perspectives, each of which provides the material for a chapter in this thesis. The first two chapters examine the determinants of these educational choices, analyzing the decision to pursue higher education and the choice of a university track, respectively. These chapters both highlight the major influence of non-pecuniary factors in the process of choosing post-secondary education. The third and final chapter focuses on the related issue of financing higher education through the lens of multiple jobholding and its effect on educational attainment.