Is university education profitable in Colombia?: an estimation

This paper aims to estimate the returns of the university education of the population employed in Colombia, differentiating by departments and educational level, with data from the Gran Encuesta Integrada de Hogares de 2015, through the Mincer equation, including the sheepskins effect which allows t...

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Main Authors:	Gil-León, José Mauricio, Casas-Herrera, Julián Augusto, Lemus-Vergara, Andrea Yaelt
Format:	Online
Language:	spa
Published:	Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2020
Subjects:	cost-benefit analysis university education returns, ; human capital; labor market; Mincer equation análisis costo-beneficio; retornos educación universitaria; capital humano; mercado laboral; ecuación de Mincer
Online Access:	https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/investigacion_duitama/article/view/10723