Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58954 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6162
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper estimates average and marginal returns to schooling in Indonesia using a non-parametric selection model. Identification of the model is given by exogenous geographic variation in access to upper secondary schools. We find that the return to upper secondary schooling varies widely across individuals: it can be as high as 50 percent per year of schooling for those very likely to enroll in upper secondary schooling, or as low as -10 percent for those very unlikely to do so. Average returns for the student at the margin are well below those for the average student attending upper secondary schooling.
Subjects: 
returns to schooling
marginal return
average return
marginal treatment effect
JEL: 
J31
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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