@misc{12449,
title = {The Expansion of Higher Education in Colombia: Bad Students or Bad Programs?},
author = {Camacho, Adriana and Messina, Julián and Uribe, Juan Pablo},
year = {2016},
doi = {10.18235/0007010},
abstract = {Rapid expansion in the demand for post-secondary education triggered an unprecedented boom of higher education programs in Colombia, possibly deteriorating quality.  This paper uses rich administrative data matching school admission information, wages and detailed socio-economic characteristics of the young graduates, and standardized test scores pre- and post-tertiary education, to assess the heterogeneity in the value added generated by higher education programs.  Our findings show that once we account for self-selection, the penalty of attending a recently created program that initially appeared to be large becomes much smaller, and close to zero.},
url = {https://doi.org/10.18235/0007010}
}