Estimating the payoff to attending a more selective college: An application of selection on observables and unobservables
Estimating the payoff to attending a more selective college: An application of selection on observables and unobservables
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DOI：
10.1162/003355302320935089
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发表时间：
2002-11-01
影响因子：
13.7
通讯作者：
Krueger, AB
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作者：
Dale, SB;Krueger, AB
对大学选择性对收入影响的估计可能会有偏差，因为精英大学录取学生在一定程度上是基于与未来收入相关的特征。我们对申请并被类似大学录取的学生进行匹配，试图消除这种偏见。使用 College and Beyond 数据集和 1972 年全国高中班级纵向调查，我们发现，就读较有选择性的大学的学生的收入与就读较少选择性学校的看似能力相当的学生的收入大致相同。然而，来自低收入家庭的孩子如果上重点大学，收入会更高。
Estimates of the effect of college selectivity on earnings may be biased because elite colleges admit students, in part, based on characteristics that are related to future earnings. We matched students who applied to, and were accepted by, similar colleges to try to eliminate this bias. Using the College and Beyond data set and National Longitudinal Survey of the High School Class of 1972, we find that students who attended more selective colleges earned about the same as students of seemingly comparable ability who attended less selective schools. Children from low-income families, however, earned more if they attended selective colleges.