Print Email Facebook Twitter Does ethnicity matter in intentions to study abroad? Analysis of High School students in Estonia Title Does ethnicity matter in intentions to study abroad? Analysis of High School students in Estonia Author Pungas, E. Täht, K. Realo, A. Tammaru, T. Faculty Architecture and The Built Environment Department OTB Date 2015-08-12 Abstract This paper examines factors that shape intentions to study abroad. Previous research highlights the importance of various forms of capital - human, economic, social, cultural and mobility capital - as well as of personality traits in the formation of the intention to complete education in foreign countries. Our specific focus is on ethnic differences in going to study abroad. The data comes from a representative survey of high school graduates in Estonia. We apply multilevel binary regression in order to capture both individual and school effects in the formation of study intentions. Our key findings reveal, first, that there exist significant ethnic differences in the willingness to continue studies abroad despite controlling for individual characteristics, including various forms of capital and the personality traits. Second, ethnic differences disappear once we control for the study language of the school. The institutional context thus plays an important role in the formation of ethnic differences in educational aspirations. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:efd8dbfb-dda9-48a1-ac12-da555b34af9e Publisher Taylor & Francis Embargo date 2017-02-12 ISSN 1369-183X Source Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 41 (14), 2015; post-print version Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2015 The authors Files PDF 319049.pdf 493.42 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:efd8dbfb-dda9-48a1-ac12-da555b34af9e/datastream/OBJ/view