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| dc.title | The Expansion of Higher Education in Colombia: Bad Students or Bad Programs? |
| dc.contributor.author | Camacho, Adriana |
| dc.contributor.author | Messina, Julián |
| dc.contributor.author | Uribe, Juan Pablo |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Department of Research and Chief Economist |
| dc.coverage | Colombia |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-04T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2016-04-29T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.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. |
| dc.format.extent | 41 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0007010 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/The-Expansion-of-Higher-Education-in-Colombia-Bad-Students-or-Bad-Programs.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Higher Education |
| dc.subject | Educational Evaluation |
| dc.subject | High School |
| dc.subject | School Attendance |
| dc.subject | Educational Level |
| dc.subject.jelcode | I23 - Higher Education • Research Institutions |
| dc.subject.jelcode | I24 - Education and Inequality |
| dc.subject.keywords | Heterogeneity;Value Added of Higher Education;Colombia;Returns to Tertiary Education |
| dc.type | Discussion Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | Discussion Papers |
| idb.operation | RG-K1415 |