Context on Costa Rica
Education
Public universities require applicants to list their two preferred majors when applying Example
- Helps identify demand for major, rather than observing equilibrium enrollment outcomes
- Applicants submit demographic information
Multinational Firms
Costa Rica incentivizes FDI inflows through dedicated Free Trade Zone (FTZ) regime
- Firms locate within multinational dedicated industrial parks
- Multiple locations across the country
Context on Costa Rica GAM
Administrative Map
Topographic Map
Data
Major Choice Data
- Individual applications (n = 230,162)
- Years: 2010 - 2019
- Location: 434 Districts Country Central Valley
- Majors are grouped into broad bins using UNESCO education categories
STEM & Applied Sciences
- Natural Sciences
- Engineering
- Information Technologies
- Agricultural Sciences
- Health
Soc. Sci. & Prof. Studies
- Business Administration
- Social Sciences
- Education
Arts, Writing, & Service
- Arts
- Humanities
- Tourism
Data
Multinational Firms
- Multinational Firms operating under FTZ regime (n = 253)
- Year of Entry: 2003 - 2019
- Location: 39 Districts Country Central Valley
- Six Industries (2-digit ISIC)
- Administrative and Support Services
- Information and Communication
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale Trade
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities
- Transportation and Warehousing
Data
Distance
Roughly half of districts have another district within 5 kilometers, and the curve rises steeply at short distances, indicating dense spatial clustering
Measured as distance between district centroids