Access to Higher Education: Empirical Analysis of Data on Large Families

The paper contributes to Russian empirical literature on determinants of higher education using data from a small regional survey of large families. The binary probit estimation results are consistent with the traditional set of hypotheses. The educational choice of a child is affected by family characteristics, in the first place by the educational attainment of parents, as well as by the locality type; also, personal characteristics of the child and family structure matter, as well as the family's efforts to improve its housing conditions