This paper estimates the heterogeneous labor market effects of enrolling in higher education short-cycle (SC) programs … (students who would not have enrolled in higher education otherwise) and the diversion margin (students who would have enrolled … higher education institutions (HEIs) facing Colombian high school graduates in an empirical multinomial choice model with …

This paper examines the rate of return on higher education to first degrees, master's degrees, and PhDs in Malaysia … link between tertiary education and wages. Barbara Ischinger, Director for Education and Skills (2006-2014), points out … ‘‘Education has always been a critical investment for the future, for individuals, for economies and for societies at large …

Can public university honors programs deliver the benefits of selective undergraduate education within otherwise …

Despite worldwide expansion of higher education, the impact of higher education institutions on local economic activity …

In the last two decades, access to higher education has increased substantially in Latin America. The quantity of new … programs available has created concerns about education quality, which has implications for the labor market. We use rich … enrolled in different 'types' of higher education, and to explore the returns to higher education before and during the COVID …

China experienced a near 5-fold increase in annual Higher Education (HE) enrolment in the decade starting in 1999 … interpreted as the Local Average Treatment Effect (LATE) of education on earnings for urban students who enrolled in HE only … because of the Great HE Expansion. For the selected subsample of respondents with parental education information, we find that …

China experienced a near 5-fold increase in annual Higher Education (HE) enrolment in the decade starting in 1999 … earnings for urban students who enrolled in HE as a result of the higher education expansion. …

China experienced a 47% expansion in higher education enrolment between 1998 and 1999, and a six-fold expansion in the … returns to higher education in China. We find that the mean years of education increased by roughly one full year around the … education induced by the 1999 higher education expansion increases monthly wage income by 21%, whereas the corresponding OLS …