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Signaling Effects on the Labor Market: Winners and Losers of University Licensing in a Higher Education Reform

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  • Lavado, Pablo

    (Universidad del Pacifico)

  • Yamada, Gustavo

    (Universidad del Pacifico)

  • Armas, Joaquin

    (Princeton University)

  • Gonzalez, Mauricio

    (APOYO Consultoria)

Abstract

We investigate the effects of a higher education reform on the labor market outcomes of college graduates in Peru. The cornerstone of this piece of legislation was a licensing process whereby a newly created higher education superintendency evaluated every existing university on minimum quality criteria to grant or deny their operating license. We find that, conditionally on being employed, the effects of this reform on the college graduates of universities that were granted (denied) the license were two: an effect of around 6.5% (-9%) on monthly wages and a less precisely estimated effect of approximately 4 p.p. (-3.5 p.p.) on the probability of being formally employed. Our work provides evidence of the existence of winners and losers as a consequence of this ambitious higher education reform in Peru.

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  • Lavado, Pablo & Yamada, Gustavo & Armas, Joaquin & Gonzalez, Mauricio, 2024. "Signaling Effects on the Labor Market: Winners and Losers of University Licensing in a Higher Education Reform," IZA Discussion Papers 17212, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp17212
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    Keywords

    SUNEDU; university licensing; higher education reform; signaling effects;
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    JEL classification:

    • I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
    • L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation

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