University selectivity and returns premium: evidence from Kazakhstan
Kemelbayeva S.
2022Routledge
Education Economics
2022#30Issue 3270 - 302 pp.
More selective universities are presumably better in quality and expected to provide better labour market outcomes for their graduates–returns premia. However, various empirical applications have found that part of it should be attributed to selectivity. Using the data on recent higher education graduates entry salaries with a fuzzy regression discontinuity design, this study reveals no apparent difference in the returns one gains by attending more selective and relatively better-funded national universities as opposed to other public HEIs in Kazakhstan, at least during the first year in employment, which may potentially call for a reconsideration of the associated policies.
higher education selectivity , Kazakhstan , Returns to education
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Higher School of Economics, M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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