PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Andrews, Rodney J. AU - Li, Jing AU - Lovenheim, Michael F. 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.