Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/171009 
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Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11025
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper I present a selective survey of the empirical literature on wage premium to university selectivity focusing mainly on the context of the country under analysis and the identification strategies employed. I then estimate the wage premium to university selectivity using Canadian data and two popular methods to correct for non-random selection in universities of different quality: matching methods and instrumental variables (IV). I estimate a wage premium of 7% using the matching estimator, and a premium of 14.8% using the IV estimator for alumni of selective Canadian universities 4–6 years after graduation. My findings are in line with the literature on countries with a moderately differentiated higher education system that has low variation in tuition fees and is well supported by public funds.
Subjects: 
university selectivity
wage premium
context
JEL: 
C21
I23
J30
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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