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Economics of education

the earnings gain from attending a more selective college once student ability and ambition are accounted for.

In economics of education, returns to college selectivity refers to the earnings gain from attending a more selective college once student ability and ambition are accounted for. This meaning comes from Dale (2002) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics.[1]

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References

Dale, S. B., & Krueger, A. B. (2002). Estimating the Payoff to Attending a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117(4), 1491-1527. https://doi.org/10.1162/003355302320935089

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