Education expansion, college choice and labour market success

Federica Braccioli, Paolo Ghinetti, Simone Moriconi, Costanza Naguib and Michele Pellizzari
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Federica Braccioli: IAE-CSIC and Barcelona School of Economics
Paolo Ghinetti: Università del Piemonte Orientale
Costanza Naguib: University of Bern

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Abstract: We study the choice of acquiring STEM college education using variation induced by the proximity to universities offering different types of programs. We adopt the methodologybyHeckmanandPinto(2018)allowingtheidentificationofthedistribution of response types and treatment effects with multiple unordered choices. We combine survey data for Italy with historical information about the founding dates of all universities and faculties. Wefindthat most compliers are women at the margin of choosing STEM education versus not going to college. Expanding the supply of STEM education could reduce the gender gap in STEM by 20%.

Keywords: Monotonicity; Returns to Education; STEM; Instrumental variables (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 I26 I28 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 65
Date: 2024-02
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Working Paper: Education Expansion, College Choice and Labour Market Success (2024)
Working Paper: Education Expansion, College Choice and Labour Market Success (2023)
Working Paper: Education expansion, college choice and labour market success (2023)
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