PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rodney J. Andrews
AU  - Jing Li
AU  - Michael F. Lovenheim
TI  - Quantile Treatment Effects of College Quality on Earnings
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.51.1.200
DP  - 2016 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 200--238
VI  - 51
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/51/1/200.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/51/1/200.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2016 Jan 01; 51
AB  - We use administrative data from Texas to estimate how graduating from a state flagship or a community college relative to a nonflagship university affects the distribution of earnings. We control for the selection of students across sectors using a rich set of observable ability and background characteristics and find evidence of substantial heterogeneity in the returns to quality. Returns increase with earnings among UT–Austin graduates but decline among Texas A&M graduates. For community colleges, returns are negative for lower earners but go to zero for higher earners. Our estimates also point to differences in the distribution of returns by race/ethnicity.