Making college worth it. A review of research on the returns to higher education.

Autor/inn/en	Oreopoulos, Philip; Petronijevic, Uros
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Making college worth it. A review of research on the returns to higher education. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Hochschule lohnend machen. Ein Überblick über die Forschung zum Bildungsertrag von Hochschulbildung.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass. (2013), 48 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper. 19053
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Bildungsertrag; Einkommenseffekt; Einkommenshöhe; Finanzierung; Lohnhöhe; Ausbildungskosten; Hochschulbildung; Studium; Studiendauer; Hochschulabsolvent; USA
Abstract	Recent stories of soaring student debt levels and under-placed college graduates have caused some to question whether a college education is still a sound investment. In this paper, we review the literature on the returns to higher education in an attempt to determine who benefits from college. Despite the tremendous heterogeneity across potential college students, we conclude that the investment appears to payoff for both the average and marginal student. During the past three decades in particular, the earnings premium associated with a college education has risen substantially. Beyond the pecuniary benefits of higher education, we suggest that there also may exist non-pecuniary benefits. Given these findings, it is perhaps surprising that among recent cohorts college completion rates have stagnated. We discuss potential explanations for this trend and conclude by succinctly interpreting the evidence on how to make the most out of college. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2013/4