Just above the Exam Cutoff Score: Elite College Admission and Wages in China. Working Paper 28450

Autor/inn/en	Jia, Ruixue; Li, Hongbin
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Just above the Exam Cutoff Score: Elite College Admission and Wages in China. Working Paper 28450
Quelle	(2021) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Colleges; Selective Admission; College Admission; Wages; Outcomes of Education; College Graduates; Access to Education; Labor Market; Standardized Tests; College Entrance Examinations; Scores; Social Networks; College Students; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Bildungsselektion; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Wage; Löhne; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Aufnahmeprüfung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Collegestudent
Abstract	A burgeoning literature has documented the importance of elite colleges. Yet, little is known about access to elite education and its labor market implications in China, a country that produces one in every five college graduates in the world. College admission in China is governed by a single exam--the national college entrance exam, and the government sets admission cutoff scores for elite colleges. We examine the impacts of scoring above the elite-tier cutoff on a student's access to elite colleges and wage outcomes after graduation, using the discontinuity around the cutoff score. By employing hand-collected survey data, we find that scoring above the cutoff not only increases the chance of entering an elite college but also raises a young person's first-job wages after graduation. We also find that those just above the cutoff have peers with higher scores and better social networks than those below the cutoff, but it is less clear whether the two groups use their time differently in college. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01