Do the returns to community colleges differ between academic and vocational programs?

This paper provides new evidence about the payoffs to community colleges' terminal training programs as distinct from their traditional transfer function. Using NLSY data, we offer three main findings. First, four-year college graduates who started at a community college are not at a substantia...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Journal of human resources 2003, Vol.38 (1), p.134-155
Main Authors: Gill, Andrew M, Leigh, Duane E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20. Jahrhundert
Academic degrees
Academic Education
Bachelors Degrees
Berufsbildende Schule
Bildungsertrag
Coefficients
College Graduates
College students
College transfer students
Community Colleges
Earnings
Graduate schools
High school graduates
Hochschule
Human resources
Labor markets
Mathematical models
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
Return on Investment
Salary Wage Differentials
Studies
Terminal Education
Transfer Students
Two Year Colleges
USA
Vocational Education
Wage differential
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This paper provides new evidence about the payoffs to community colleges' terminal training programs as distinct from their traditional transfer function. Using NLSY data, we offer three main findings. First, four-year college graduates who started at a community college are not at a substantial earnings disadvantage relative to those who started at a four-year college. Second, community college students in terminal training programs enjoy a positive payoff comparable to that received by four-year college starters who do not graduate. Finally, we find evidence of positive self-selection for community college students who choose the terminal training track.
ISSN:0022-166X
1548-8004
DOI:10.2307/1558759