Does financial aid for top international graduate programs boost education and earnings? Evidence from Colombia

Códigos JEL: I22, I23, I26

Autores:
Camacho González, Adriana
Rodríguez Orgales, Catherine
Sánchez Torres, Fabio
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2022
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Universidad de los Andes
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Palabra clave:
Merit-based financial aid
Graduate education
Returns to education
Colombia
International Studies
Regression discontinuity
Economía
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spelling Al consultar y hacer uso de este recurso, está aceptando las condiciones de uso establecidas por los autoreshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Camacho González, Adriana7589600Rodríguez Orgales, Catherine10235600Sánchez Torres, Fabio105026002022-05-17T20:08:36Z2022-05-17T20:08:36Z2022-05http://hdl.handle.net/1992/573211657-719110.57784/1992/57321instname:Universidad de los Andesreponame:Repositorio Institucional Sénecarepourl:https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/Códigos JEL: I22, I23, I26This paper estimates the impact of a postgraduate merit-based financial aid program in Colombia. Exploiting a regression discontinuity design using rich survey and administrative data, we find three main results by. First, credit constraints are binding and important even for talented individuals with higher education degrees. Our results indicate that financial aid beneficiaries increase their probability of attaining any graduate education by 33% and a graduate education at a top university abroad by 50%. Second, the labor market highly rewards this education. Beneficiary individuals earn an average a monthly labor income 45% higher than non-beneficiaries. Mediation analyses suggest that at least 50% of the impact is due to the signaling effect of being a financial aid scholar. Importantly, effects are driven by male candidates and in a higher proportion by those who attended private higher education institutions in their undergraduate studies. Third, back-of-the-envelope cost-benefit analyses suggest that this credit scholarship has a private and social IIR of 22% and 29%, respectively.43 páginasapplication/pdfengUniversidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDEFacultad de EconomíaDocumentos CEDE No. 13 Mayo de 2022https://ideas.repec.org/p/col/000089/020124.htmlDoes financial aid for top international graduate programs boost education and earnings? Evidence from ColombiaDocumento de trabajoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_8042Texthttp://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/WPMerit-based financial aidGraduate educationReturns to educationColombiaInternational StudiesRegression discontinuityEconomíaFacultad de EconomíaPublicationTHUMBNAILdcede2022-13.jpgdcede2022-13.jpgimage/jpeg90432https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/bitstreams/6dc3c842-2da0-46f8-a924-d55c99e05809/download063e7db8a8e574afcb605d76c68f6764MD52dcede2022-13.pdf.jpgdcede2022-13.pdf.jpgIM Thumbnailimage/jpeg20668https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/bitstreams/424617e1-b4d6-41a2-aabf-fc960707d6f5/downloadad467486b46e2474dfff25a4f2ce7519MD54ORIGINALdcede2022-13.pdfdcede2022-13.pdfapplication/pdf9827135https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/bitstreams/2f3c072b-2103-476a-b080-24201a3faba0/download692808724a6112a13ca6d08f3279b09eMD51TEXTdcede2022-13.pdf.txtdcede2022-13.pdf.txtExtracted texttext/plain81311https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/bitstreams/fb385004-890e-41ee-8c45-7fa9930d14ac/downloadb6a7aaed888decaaff85cf26f690883cMD531992/57321oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/573212024-06-04 15:25:57.101http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/open.accesshttps://repositorio.uniandes.edu.coRepositorio institucional Sénecaadminrepositorio@uniandes.edu.co
dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv Does financial aid for top international graduate programs boost education and earnings? Evidence from Colombia
title Does financial aid for top international graduate programs boost education and earnings? Evidence from Colombia
spellingShingle Does financial aid for top international graduate programs boost education and earnings? Evidence from Colombia
Merit-based financial aid
Graduate education
Returns to education
Colombia
International Studies
Regression discontinuity
Economía
title_short Does financial aid for top international graduate programs boost education and earnings? Evidence from Colombia
title_full Does financial aid for top international graduate programs boost education and earnings? Evidence from Colombia
title_fullStr Does financial aid for top international graduate programs boost education and earnings? Evidence from Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Does financial aid for top international graduate programs boost education and earnings? Evidence from Colombia
title_sort Does financial aid for top international graduate programs boost education and earnings? Evidence from Colombia
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Camacho González, Adriana
Rodríguez Orgales, Catherine
Sánchez Torres, Fabio
dc.contributor.author.spa.fl_str_mv Camacho González, Adriana
Rodríguez Orgales, Catherine
Sánchez Torres, Fabio
dc.subject.keyword.spa.fl_str_mv Merit-based financial aid
Graduate education
Returns to education
Colombia
International Studies
Regression discontinuity
topic Merit-based financial aid
Graduate education
Returns to education
Colombia
International Studies
Regression discontinuity
Economía
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