The schooling and labor market effects of eliminating university tuition in Ecuador q

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Molina, Teresa; Rivadeneyra, Ivan
• 署名单位: University of Hawaii System; University of Hawaii Manoa
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104383
• 发表日期: 2021
• 关键词: Higher education; Tuition reduction; Ecuador

摘要

This paper estimates the effects of a 2008 policy that eliminated tuition fees at public universities in Ecuador. We use a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits variation across cohorts differentially exposed to the policy, as well as geographic variation in access to public universities. We find that the tuition fee elimination significantly increased college participation and shifted people into higher skilled jobs. We detect no statistically significant effects on income, though standard errors are large. Overall, the bulk of the benefits of this fee elimination were enjoyed by those of higher socioeconomic status. (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.