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Martin Nordin . Photo

Martin Nordin

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IMPACT OF A TERTIARY ELIGIBILITY THRESHOLD ON TERTIARY EDUCATION AND EARNINGS : A DISCONTINUITY APPROACH

Author

  • Martin Nordin
  • Gawain Heckley
  • Ulf G. Gerdtham

Summary, in English

This study uses a discontinuity in the Swedish tertiary eligibility requirement to estimate the probability of enrolling in tertiary education, and the payoff thereof. Regression discontinuity results, show that achieving tertiary eligibility in upper-secondary education, increases the probability of enrolling in tertiary education by around 10–15 and 7 percentage points for students who enrolled on an academic and vocational track, respectively. For academic students, this implies 5% higher earnings for men, while for women it increases the probability of having positive incomes by 2%. Thus, academic students at the margin of tertiary education receive a substantial tertiary education payoff. (JEL I21, I26, I28).

Department/s

  • AgriFood Economics Centre, Lund University School of Economics and Management
  • Department of Economics
  • Health Economics
  • EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health

Publishing year

2020

Language

English

Pages

401-424

Publication/Series

Economic Inquiry

Volume

58

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Economics

Status

Published

Research group

  • Health Economics

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0095-2583