TY - JOUR T1 - Quantile Treatment Effects of College Quality on Earnings JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour SP - 200 LP - 238 DO - 10.3368/jhr.51.1.200 VL - 51 IS - 1 AU - Rodney J. Andrews AU - Jing Li AU - Michael F. Lovenheim Y1 - 2016/01/01 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/51/1/200.abstract N2 - 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. ER -