Decisions about Postsecondary Education, their returns in Colombia
| dc.contributor.author | Saavedra, Fabiola | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ospina, Mónica | |
| dc.contributor.eafitauthor | fsaavedr@eafit.edu.co | |
| dc.contributor.eafitauthor | mospina6@eafit.edu.co | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Medellín de: Lat: 06 15 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 6.2500 decimal degrees Long: 075 36 00 W degrees minutes Long: -75.6000 decimal degrees | eng |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-02-15T11:10:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-02-15T11:10:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-06-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study analyzes the economic returns to schooling decisions made by high school graduates in Colombia. We wanted to verify if the economic returns (wages) obtained by newly postsecondary education graduates compensate the economic and psychological investment they made in order to get that academic degree. To answer that question, we estimated these economic returns for each type of postsecondary degree available in Colombia (technical education, technological education, undergraduate studies, graduate studies) by origin of the institution (public or private). Our methodological strategy includes the generation of a micro-data base that contains agents’ socio-economic background and also their individual labor market outcomes. Because agents with very similar characteristics and the same schooling decisions might get different economic returns from education, we considered as part of our empirical strategy the inclusion of an approximation of agents’ cognitive abilities. | eng |
| dc.identifier.jel | I210 | |
| dc.identifier.jel | J24 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10784/4990 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
| dc.publisher | Universidad EAFIT | spa |
| dc.publisher.department | Escuela de Economía y Finanzas | spa |
| dc.rights.accessrights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | eng |
| dc.rights.local | Acceso abierto | spa |
| dc.subject.keyword | postsecondary education | eng |
| dc.subject.keyword | labor market outcomes | eng |
| dc.title | Decisions about Postsecondary Education, their returns in Colombia | eng |
| dc.type | workingPaper | eng |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper | eng |
| dc.type.hasVersion | draft | eng |
| dc.type.local | Documento de trabajo de investigación | spa |
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