RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Quantile Treatment Effects of College Quality on Earnings
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 200
OP 238
DO 10.3368/jhr.51.1.200
VO 51
IS 1
A1 Rodney J. Andrews
A1 Jing Li
A1 Michael F. Lovenheim
YR 2016
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/51/1/200.abstract
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.