Online Education in Community Colleges: Access, School Success, and Labor-Market Outcomes
Online Education in Community Colleges: Access, School Success, and Labor-Market Outcomes
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社区学院的在线教育：入学机会、学校成功和劳动力市场成果
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2014
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Francie E. Streich
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作者：
Francie E. Streich
本文首次提供了在线教育对劳动力市场结果影响的证据。本文的分析使用的是关于在全州社区学院系统注册的个人的行政数据，这些数据与该州的失业保险记录配对。这些数据一起追踪了超过10万名首次上大学的学生的教育程度和收入。我使用个人固定效应估计策略，并表明谁完成在线格式的课程的学生经历更大的收益比他们的同龄人谁完成传统的，面对面的格式的课程。估计显示，在最初入学后的几年内完成在线课程有很大的好处，当时学生可能仍然在注册或可能刚刚离开大学。估计还显示，参加在线课程的学生在入学期间的收入下降幅度较小。这些发现表明，在线教育使学生能够以较低的机会成本获得大学学分。从长远来看，估计表明，完成任何数量的在线学分都有很大的积极效益，但完成更大量的在线课程没有显着的剂量效应。
This paper provides the first evidence on the effect of online education on labor-market outcomes. The analysis herein uses administrative data on individuals who enroll in a statewide community-college system paired with unemployment-insurance records from the state. Together, these data track the educational attainment and earnings of over 100,000 first-time college students. I use an individual-fixed-effects estimation strategy and show that students who complete courses in the online format experience larger earnings gains than their peers who complete courses in the traditional, face-to-face format. Estimates show large benefits to completing online coursework in the years immediately following initial enrollment, when a student may still be enrolled or may have just exited college. Estimates also show that earnings fall less during enrolled periods for students who enroll in online courses. These findings suggest that online education allows students to acquire college credit at a lower opportunity cost. In the long run, estimates show that there is a large, positive benefit associated with completing any amount of online credits but no significant dosage effect of completing greater amounts of online coursework.