IMPACT OF A TERTIARY ELIGIBILITY THRESHOLD ON TERTIARY EDUCATION AND EARNINGS : A DISCONTINUITY APPROACH
(2020) In Economic Inquiry 58(1). p.401-424- Abstract
This study uses a discontinuity in the Swedish tertiary eligibility requirement to estimate the probability of enrolling in tertiary education, and the payoff thereof. Regression discontinuity results, show that achieving tertiary eligibility in upper-secondary education, increases the probability of enrolling in tertiary education by around 10–15 and 7 percentage points for students who enrolled on an academic and vocational track, respectively. For academic students, this implies 5% higher earnings for men, while for women it increases the probability of having positive incomes by 2%. Thus, academic students at the margin of tertiary education receive a substantial tertiary education payoff. (JEL I21, I26, I28).
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- Nordin, Martin LU ; Heckley, Gawain LU and Gerdtham, Ulf G. LU
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- 2020
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- Contribution to journal
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- Economic Inquiry
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- 58
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- 1
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- 401 - 424
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- Wiley-Blackwell
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- scopus:85074022136
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- 0095-2583
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- 10.1111/ecin.12846
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- English
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