The Expansion of Higher Education in Colombia: Bad Students or Bad Programs?

Adriana Camacho, Julian Messina and Juan Uribe

No 15352, Documentos CEDE from Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE

Abstract: A rapid expansion in the demand for post-secondary education triggered an unprecedented boom of higher education programs in Colombia, possibly deteriorating quality. This paper uses rich administrative data matching school admission information, socio-economic characteristics of the young graduates, standardized test scores pre- and post-tertiary education and entry wages, to assess the heterogeneity in the value added generated by new higher education programs. Our findings show that once we account for self-selection the penalty of attending a recently created program, which initially appeared to be quite large, becomes close to zero.

Keywords: Returns to Tertiary Education; Heterogeneity; Value Added of Higher Education; Colombia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 I24 I26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43
Date: 2017-02-15
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