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, 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.

• 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/