Does it pay to attend an elite private college? Cross-cohort evidence on the effects of college type on earnings.

Although a substantial and rising labor market premium is associated with college attendance in general, little is known about how this premium varies across institutions of different types and across time. In this paper we explicitly model high school students' choice of college type (characterized...

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Published in:	Journal of Human Resources Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 104 - 124
Main Authors:	Brewer, Dominic J., Eide, Eric R., Ehrenberg, Ronald G.
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Wisconsin Press Winter99
Subjects:	Higher education & economics College choice University rankings Wage differentials College attendance United States
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