ERIC Number: EJ1458263
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0964-5292
EISSN: EISSN-1469-5782
Unbundling Returns to Postsecondary Degrees and Skills: Evidence from Colombia
Matias Busso; Sebastián Montaño; Juan Muñoz-Morales
Education Economics, v33 n1 p1-18 2025
Using longitudinal data of college graduates in Colombia, we estimate labor market returns to postsecondary degrees and to various skills--including literacy, numeracy, foreign language, and field-specific skills. Graduates of academic programs and schools of higher reputation obtain higher earnings relative to vocational public programs. A one standard deviation increase in each skill predicts average earnings increases of 1-3%. Returns vary along the earnings distribution, with tenure, with the degree of job specialization, and by gender. Our results imply that degrees and skills capture different human capital components that are rewarded differently in the labor market.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Outcomes of Education, Labor Market, Postsecondary Education, Academic Degrees, Education Work Relationship, Job Skills, Income, Specialization, Gender Differences, Human Capital
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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