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Ferreyra, Maria Marta; Galindo, Camila; Urzúa, Sergio S. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022
This paper estimates the heterogeneous labor market effects of enrolling in higher education short-cycle (SC) programs. Expanding access to these programs might affect the behavior of some students (compliers) in two margins: the expansion margin (students who would not have enrolled in higher education otherwise) and the diversion margin…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Outcomes of Education, Higher Education
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Zuluaga, Blanca; Ortiz, Marianella; Vergara-Figueroa, Aurora – Peabody Journal of Education, 2021
This article explores Belman and Heywood's sheepskin effect hypothesis using a modified Mincerian wage equation to test the sheepskin effect of returns on education in Colombia. This analysis is based on the 2014 Living Standards Survey from the National Department of Statistics. It includes variables that capture the possession of different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Blacks, Females
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Melguizo, Tatiana; Zamarro, Gema; Velasco, Tatiana; Sanchez, Fabio J. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2017
The main objective of this study is to empirically test a number of theory-based models (i.e., fixed effects [FE], random effects [RE], and aggregated residuals [AR]) to measure the generic knowledge as well as the degree attainment rates and early labor outcomes gained by students in different programs and institutions in higher education. Our…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Academic Degrees, Educational Attainment, Outcomes of Education