¿Cuán rentable es la educación superior en Colombia?
This paper examines the education premium for graduate students in Colombia, focusing on the screening hypothesis which is tested via sheepskin effects. A new dataset for higher education is constructed using administrative records of educational institutions and social security information. The fin...
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Universidad de Antioquia
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| description | This paper examines the education premium for graduate students in Colombia, focusing on the screening hypothesis which is tested via sheepskin effects. A new dataset for higher education is constructed using administrative records of educational institutions and social security information. The findings suggest that the Colombian labor market places a high value on an individual’s alma mater, followed in, second place, by undergraduate field of study. Finally, the evidence also implies that job experience acquired after obtaining a degree has a higher return than job experience obtained before or not related to the degree’s field of study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8d99277fa62244719559ab3360a3e6ab2022-12-22T00:36:48ZengUniversidad de AntioquiaLecturas de Economía0120-25962010-12-017373181214¿Cuán rentable es la educación superior en Colombia?Gustavo Adolfo Hernández DíazThis paper examines the education premium for graduate students in Colombia, focusing on the screening hypothesis which is tested via sheepskin effects. A new dataset for higher education is constructed using administrative records of educational institutions and social security information. The findings suggest that the Colombian labor market places a high value on an individual’s alma mater, followed in, second place, by undergraduate field of study. Finally, the evidence also implies that job experience acquired after obtaining a degree has a higher return than job experience obtained before or not related to the degree’s field of study.http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/lecturasdeeconomia/article/view/7871/7412Education premiumtertiary educationhuman capitalwage differentials |
| spellingShingle | Gustavo Adolfo Hernández Díaz ¿Cuán rentable es la educación superior en Colombia? Lecturas de Economía Education premium tertiary education human capital wage differentials |
| title | ¿Cuán rentable es la educación superior en Colombia? |
| title_full | ¿Cuán rentable es la educación superior en Colombia? |
| title_fullStr | ¿Cuán rentable es la educación superior en Colombia? |
| title_full_unstemmed | ¿Cuán rentable es la educación superior en Colombia? |
| title_short | ¿Cuán rentable es la educación superior en Colombia? |
| title_sort | cuan rentable es la educacion superior en colombia |
| topic | Education premium tertiary education human capital wage differentials |
| url | http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/lecturasdeeconomia/article/view/7871/7412 |
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