The expansion of higher education in Colombia : bad students or bad programs?

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...

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Autores:
Camacho González, Adriana
Messina, Julián
Uribe, Juan Pablo
Tipo de recurso:
Work document
Fecha de publicación:
2017
Institución:
Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:
Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/8692
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/1992/8692
Palabra clave:
Returns to tertiary education
Heterogeneity
Value added of higher education
Colombia
Educación superior - Colombia
Calidad de la educación superior - Colombia
Educación inclusiva - Colombia
I23, I24, I26
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Summary: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.