Abstract
Impact of Unemployment on Community College Enrollment
Track: GIS for Administration, Planning and Policy
Author
This paper addresses how the unemployment rate affects enrollment in community colleges by age. Our model accounts for other determinants of community-college enrollment, such as relative tuition/fees of community colleges and private and public alternatives, the age distribution of the population, and the distribution of employment.
The study enlightens several significant policy issues:
1. How best to use the federal stimulus money?
2. How best to promote economic development and job growth?
3. What are the constraints to growth of �cutting edge� industries like biotech, nanotech, greentech, etc.?
Our work is connected to a large body of literature, including Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz, The Race Between Education and Technology (Belknap Press, Harvard, 2008) and �Miles to Go Before I Learn: The Effect of Travel Distance on the Mature Person�s Choice of a Community College,� Journal of Urban Economics, 65 (2009) 64-73.
J. M. (Mike) Pogodzinski
Department of Economics (0114)
San Jose State University
1 Washington Square
San Jose, California 95192-0114
United States
Phone: 415-516-6144
E-mail: j.m.pogodzinski@gmail.com
Richard Kos
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
One Washington Square
San Jose State University
San Jose, California 95192-0185
United States
Phone: (510) 504-5064
E-mail: rickkos@mindspring.com