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Twice as Hard to Get Half as Far? Differences in Sheepskin Effects between Afro-Colombian and Non-Afro-Colombian Women
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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
The Methodological Challenges of Measuring Student Learning, Degree Attainment, and Early Labor Market Outcomes in Higher Education
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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