TY - UNPB
T1 - University Selectivity, Initial Job Quality, and Longer-Run Salary
AU - Weinstein, Russell
PY - 2017/8/31
Y1 - 2017/8/31
N2 - Using Baccalaureate and Beyond data, I study whether university quality, both absolute and relative to other universities in the region, affects earnings one and ten years after graduation, controlling for the individual's SAT score. One year after graduation, high SAT score students earn 12% less if their university's regional rank is worse by 35 places, conditional on absolute university quality. This effect disappears ten years after graduation. The results suggest initial job quality does not have long-run career effects. The results also confirm the initial importance of a university's regional rank, an often overlooked dimension of university quality.
AB - Using Baccalaureate and Beyond data, I study whether university quality, both absolute and relative to other universities in the region, affects earnings one and ten years after graduation, controlling for the individual's SAT score. One year after graduation, high SAT score students earn 12% less if their university's regional rank is worse by 35 places, conditional on absolute university quality. This effect disappears ten years after graduation. The results suggest initial job quality does not have long-run career effects. The results also confirm the initial importance of a university's regional rank, an often overlooked dimension of university quality.
KW - labor market return to higher education
KW - employer learning
KW - statistical discrimination
M3 - Working paper
T3 - IZA Discussion Paper
BT - University Selectivity, Initial Job Quality, and Longer-Run Salary
ER -