Cohort crowding: how resources affect collegiate attainment

Table 3: Regression of total enrollment on measures of cohort sizeDependent Variable: Ln (Total Enrollment)All Institutions All Institutions Public InstitutionsAll Years Late Years Late Years(1954-1996) (1967-1996) (1967-1996)Explanatory (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)Regression VariableA. No Weights Ln Pop 18 0.89 0.21 0.79 -0.01 0.66 -0.02(0.15) (0.09) (0.18) (0.09) (0.16) (0.12)B. Avg Pop Wt Ln Pop 18 0.82 0.42 0.63 -0.18 0.49 -0.16(0.11) (0.18) (0.18) (0.11) (0.20) (0.14)State Fixed Effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesYear Fixed Effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesState Trends No Yes No Yes No YesNotes: Total enrollment measures are from institutional surveys. Population data are from singleyear of age tabulations of the Department of Census. See Data Appendix for details.30