Returns to test scores in Vietnam

Tien Vu and Hiroyuki Yamada

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Abstract: We examine the returns to test scores from the 2009 Vietnamese National Entrance Examination to University (NEEU) of individuals born in 1991. We investigate their labor outcomes in terms of hourly wage measured in 2018 or 2020. We find that a one standard deviation increase in the standardized test score on the NEEU is associated with a 7–9 percent increase in wage rate 9–11 years later. The results also suggest that mathematics test scores have a significant correlation with wage rate in the long run.

Keywords: Test scores; Cognitive skills; Returns to education; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I26 J23 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-01-18
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