IMPACT OF A TERTIARY ELIGIBILITY THRESHOLD ON TERTIARY EDUCATION AND EARNINGS: A DISCONTINUITY APPROACH |
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Authors: | Martin Nordin Gawain Heckley Ulf-G Gerdtham |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Economics and AgriFood Economics Centre, Lund University, 220 07 Lund, Sweden;2. Health Economics Unit, Lund University, 220 07 Lund, Sweden;3. Department of Economics and Health Economics Unit, Lund University, 220 07 Lund, Sweden |
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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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