The benefits of alternatives to conventional college
Join this webinar to hear Dr Ken Troske discuss labour market returns to attending for-profit vocational institutions and community college in the US.
The benefits of alternatives to conventional college
18 May 2022, 13:00 – 14:00
In this event, Ken will discuss the paper at hand and how it provides novel evidence on the labour-market returns to for-profit postsecondary school and community college attendance.
The analysis is based on linked administrative records on college attendance with quarterly earnings data for nearly 400,000 students in one state. Five years after enrolment, quarterly earnings conditional on employment exceed earnings in the absence of schooling by 20-29 percent for students attending for-profit schools and 16-27 percent for students attending community colleges.
In aggregate, the benefits of attendance generally exceed the costs in both for-profit schools and community colleges. Finally, he will explain that for-profit schools and community colleges serve very different markets.
This event will be particularly useful for those interested in quantitative social science, returns to education, USA, vocational institutions and community college.
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Dr Kenneth Troske
Chair in Economics
Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky (UK)
His primary research areas are labour and human resource economics.
Further information
Ticketing
Pre-booking essential
Cost
Free
Open to
All
Availability
Yes