Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260221 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2017:12
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Lund
Abstract: 
This study evaluates the impact of achieving tertiary eligibility in upper-secondary education on tertiary education and earnings in Sweden. Using a regression discontinuity design, we estimate the impact of tertiary eligibility and show that it has a substantial impact on the probability of enrolling in tertiary education. For students who achieve tertiary eligibility, the probability of enrolling in tertiary education increases by around 15 and 7 percentage points for an academic and vocational track, respectively. This implies (before age 30) around 8 percent higher earnings (at the intensive margin) for men on an academic track, while for women on an academic track it increases the probability of having positive incomes (the extensive margin) by around 3 percent. Thus, we conclude that (academic) students at the margin of eligibility for enrolling in tertiary education receive a substantial tertiary education payoff.
Subjects: 
Tertiary education
upper-secondary education
earnings
eligibility
regression discontinuity design
JEL: 
I21
I26
I28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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