IMPACT OF A TERTIARY ELIGIBILITY THRESHOLD ON TERTIARY EDUCATION AND EARNINGS: A DISCONTINUITY APPROACH

Martin Nordin, Gawain Heckley and Ulf-G. Gerdtham

Economic Inquiry, 2020, vol. 58, issue 1, 401-424

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)

Date: 2020
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Working Paper: Impact of a Tertiary Eligibility Threshold on Tertiary Education and Earnings: A Discontinuity Approach (2017)
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