Estimating the Payoff to Attending a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables

There are many estimates of the effect of college quality on students' subsequent earnings. One difficulty interpreting past estimates, however, is that elite colleges admit students, in part, based on characteristics that are related to their earnings capacity.

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Year of publication:	1999-08-30
Authors:	Dale, Stacy Berg ; Krueger, Alan B.
Institutions:	Mathematica Policy Research
Subject:	College \| Post Secondary Education \| Education

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Series:	Mathematica Policy Research Reports.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	I - Health, Education, and Welfare
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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