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"How The Unemployment Rate In Spain Affects University Enrollment", Morgan A. Clarke
"How The Unemployment Rate In Spain Affects University Enrollment", Morgan A. Clarke
Economics Undergraduate Honors Theses
This thesis studies the subsequent labor market outcomes of college graduates during an economic recession in Spain over the years 2000-2012. I use data on undergraduate enrollment, unemployment, national income, and educational spend from the Spanish National Institute of Statistics, the CIA World Fact Book, Spain’s Ministry of Education, and World Bank to run regression analyses and the Granger Causality Test. I find that university enrollment and unemployment rate are positively correlated. Regression results show that for every one percent increase in unemployment, enrollment increases by approximately 7,429 students.