Differences among Costa Rican public and private tertiary education: returns and overeducation

 

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Autores: Blanco, Laura Cristina, Sauma-Chacón, María José
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Status:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2020
Beskrivelse:Overeducation rates were estimated for the Costa Rican graduate working population using the National Household Survey 2011-2017. Further on, Mincerian wage equations were estimated using ordinary least squares to analyze the existing relationship between wages and the type of university attended, degree subject, area and skill mismatches. Results show that attending a public university is associated with a wage premium ranging from 4.7% to 9.5%. This premium varies by degree subject, but public universities exhibit an advantage in most cases. For elderly cohorts, the premium associated with being a graduate from a public university disappears. Genuine overeducation is not found to be a problem in the Costa Rican labor market, despite the existence of a considerable percentage of apparently overeducated graduates; and this percentage is found to be higher among public universities alumni.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Sprog:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/6197
Online adgang:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/reconomicas/article/view/6197
Palabra clave:EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
SCHOOLING
HIGHER EDUCATION
HUMAN CAPITAL
MINCER EARNINGS FUNCTION
RETURNS TO EDUCATION
OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE
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I23
I26
J24
RESULTADOS EDUCATIVOS
EDUCACIÓN
EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR
CAPITAL HUMANO
FUNCIONES DE INGRESO DE MINCER
TASAS DE RETORNO DE LA EDUCACIÓN
DECISIÓN OCUPACIONAL