Luthra, Renee Reichl and Flashman, Jennifer (2017) 'Who Benefits Most from a University Degree?: A Cross-National Comparison of Selection and Wage Returns in the US, UK, and Germany.' Research in Higher Education, 58 (8). 843 - 878. ISSN 0361-0365

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Abstract

Recent research on economic returns to higher education in the United States suggests that those with the highest wage returns to a college degree are least likely to obtain one. We extend the study of heterogeneous returns to tertiary education across multiple institutional contexts, investigating how the relationship between wage returns and the propensity to complete a degree varies by the level of expansion, differentiation, and cost of higher education. Drawing on panel data and matching techniques, we compare findings from the US with selection into degree completion in Germany and the UK. Contrary to previous studies, we find little evidence for population level heterogeneity in economic returns to higher education.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology, Department of
Depositing User:	Renee Luthra
Date Deposited:	19 May 2017 08:53
Last Modified:	03 Oct 2018 16:15
URI:	http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/19650

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