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College Choice and Subsequent Earnings: Results Using Swedish Sibling Data

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Lena Lindahl
Hakan Regnér
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Using data on 19,000 whole siblings, it is shown that earnings vary significantly among students who have graduated from different colleges. The cross-section estimates are up to twice the within-family estimates, indicating that a regression estimator of college effects that does not adjust properly for family characteristics will overestimate the earnings premium of college. This study also shows that the effects of college choice vary between sisters and brothers and that there is a relationship between teacher quality and the college effects. These findings suggest that there is no straightforward interpretation of college in individual earnings equations. Copyright The editors of the "Scandinavian Journal of Economics", 2005 .

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Volume (Year): 107 (2005)
Issue (Month): 3 (09)
Pages: 437-457
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  1. Stenberg, Anders, 2007. "Does adult education at upper secondary level influence annual wage earnings?," Working Paper Series 2007:9, IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation. [Downloadable!]
  2. Björklund, Anders, 2006. "Family Background and Outcomes Later in Life: A (Partial and Personal) Survey of Recent Research Using Swedish Register Data," Working Paper Series 4/2007, Swedish Institute for Social Research. [Downloadable!]
  3. Eliasson, Kent, 2006. "How Robust is the Evidence on the Returns to College Choice? Results Using Swedish Administrative Data," UmeÃ¥ Economic Studies 692, Umeå University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  4. Eliasson, Kent, 2006. "The Role of Ability in Estimating the Returns to College Choice: New Swedish Evidence," UmeÃ¥ Economic Studies 691, Umeå University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  5. Eliasson, Kent, 2006. "College Choice And Earnings Among University Graduates In Sweden," UmeÃ¥ Economic Studies 693, Umeå University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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