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the first large scale, quantitative evidence on FiF graduates in England using a nationally representative survey linked … two-thirds of all university graduates. Comparing individuals with no parental higher education we show that ethnic … likely to study other Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities than students whose parents are university graduates. We also find …
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entire higher education system, which in turn affected enrollment and graduation rates. Colombia faced this challenge with … the number of transitions (i.e. student status changes from absent or dropout to enrolled) decreased 3.4% (impact of 48 …
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This paper provides estimates of the short-term individual returns to Higher Education (HE) in the United Kingdom, focusing on the effects of attending HE on the labour market outcomes for dropouts. Results show differential labour market outcomes for dropouts vs. individuals who have never...
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Using administrative data, I track the path of all the secondary school graduates in Colombia from 2002 to 2012 that … enter higher education and/or the formal labor market (5.4 million graduates). I compare graduates within the same secondary … Colombian labor market values a college graduate at the time of graduation the same as a secondary school graduate with five …
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lucrative careers. It further explains why such students also tend to exhibit higher dropout rates from college. …
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There have been many studies of the impact of higher education (HE) on the wages and earnings of graduates. However … overall impact of HE on the living standards of female graduates, we explore the wider impact of HE. We exploit the rich …
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education for college graduates and college dropouts. Completing a five-year college degree is found to be associated with an …
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We examine the causal impact of China's higher education expansion on labor market outcomes for young college graduates … China decreases unemployment rates, especially among males and high school graduates. However, the policy also decreases …
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We examine the causal impact of China's higher education expansion on labor market outcomes for young college graduates … China decreases unemployment rates, especially among males and high school graduates. However, the policy also decreases …
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This paper explores students' expectations about the returns to completing higher education and provides first evidence on \textit{perceived} signaling and human capital effects. We elicit counterfactual labor market expectations for the hypothetical scenarios of leaving university with or...
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