Labor Market Effects of Short-Cycle Higher Education Programs. Lessons from Colombia.

Autor/inn/en	Ferreira, María M.; Galindo, Camila; Urzua, Sergio
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Labor Market Effects of Short-Cycle Higher Education Programs. Lessons from Colombia.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research (2022), 34 S. PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper series. w30178
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
DOI	10.3386/w30178
Schlagwörter	Schätzung; Bildungsertrag; Regierungspolitik; Humankapital; Beschäftigungseffekt; Bildungsinvestition; Studium; Hochschule; Arbeitspapier; Kolumbien
Abstract	This paper estimates the heterogeneous labor market effects of enrolling in higher education short-cycle (SC) programs. Expanding access to these programs might affect the behavior of some students (compliers) in two margins: the expansion margin (students who would not have enrolled in higher education otherwise) and the diversion margin (students who would have enrolled in bachelor's programs otherwise). To quantify these responses, we exploit local exogenous variation in the supply of higher education institutions (HEIs) facing Colombian high school graduates in an empirical multinomial choice model with several instruments. According to our findings, the presence of at least one HEI specialized in SC programs in the vicinity of the student's high school municipality increases SC enrollment by 3.7-4.5 percentage points (40-50% of the SC enrollment rate). The diversion margin largely drives this effect. For female compliers, enrollment in SC programs increases formal employment relative to the next-best alternative. For male compliers, in contrast, it lowers formal employment and wages. These results should alert policymakers of the unexpected consequences of higher education expansionary policies.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2023/1