Way station or launching pad? Unpacking the returns to adult technical education

Carruthers, Celeste K.; Sanford, T. W. L.

doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.07.001

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“…There are no changes to employment regressions for all other groups. (Carruthers & Sanford, 2018;Jepsen, Mueser, & Jeon, 2016;Jepsen, Troske, & Coomes, 2014;Stevens, Kurlaender, & Grosz, forthcoming). Overall my results are too noisy to estimate returns to these for-profit bachelor's degrees, though reduced form impacts from award eligibility offer scant evidence that the program provides meaningful improvements to labor force outcomes.…”

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Impacts of State Aid for Nontraditional Students on Educational and Labor Market Outcomes

Gurantz

2019

J. Human Resources

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Up to three-fourths of college students can be classified as "non-traditional", yet whether typical policy interventions improves their education and labor market outcomes is understudied. I use a regression discontinuity design to estimate the impacts of a state financial aid program aimed towards non-traditional students. Eligibility has no impacts on degree completion for students intending to enroll in community colleges or four-year colleges but increases bachelor's degrees for students interested in large, for-profit colleges by four percentage points. I find no impacts on employment or earnings for all applicants. This research highlights challenges in promoting human capital investment for adults.

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Section: Labor Force Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impacts of State Aid for Nontraditional Students on Educational and Labor Market Outcomes

Gurantz

2019

J. Human Resources

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“…With the increasing availability of college administrative data matched with local employment records, a rapidly growing volume of work has used these data sets to estimate the economic returns to sub-baccalaureate awards including certificates (e.g., Bahr, 2014;Bahr et al, 2015;Belfield, Liu, & Trimble, 2014;Carruthers & Sanford, 2015;Dadgar & Trimble, 2014;Jacobson & Mokher, 2009;Jaggars & Xu, in press;Jepsen, Troske, & Coomes, 2014;Stevens, Kurlaender, & Grosz, 2015). Compared with national survey data, administrative data tend to include detailed information about certificates, such as length and field of study, thus enabling researchers to differentiate among types of certificates.…”

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What About Certificates? Evidence on the Labor Market Returns to Nondegree Community College Awards in Two States

Trimble

2016

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

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The annual number of certificates awarded by community colleges has increased dramatically, but relatively little research has been conducted on the economic benefits of certificates in the labor market. Based on detailed student-level information from matched college transcript and employment data in two states, this article estimates the relationship between earning a certificate and student earnings and employment status after exiting college. Our results indicate that certificates have positive impacts on earnings in both states overall, and in cases where there is no impact on earnings, certificates may nonetheless lead to increased probability of employment. In addition, we find substantial variation in the returns across fields of study and, more importantly, across specific programs within a particular field. Finally, in-depth analysis of the industry of employment before and after college enrollment indicates that many adult learners use certificate programs to switch to a new industry, which may not necessarily boost their earnings, at least in the short run. Our results therefore point to the importance of including multiple measures to evaluate the benefits of a certificate program, rather than merely evaluating its impact on overall earnings.

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“…From this paradigmatic and policy context, a renewed interest in the labor market value of community college degrees and certificates has arisen. In recent years, careful investigations of the returns to community college credentials have been conducted in a number of states, such as California (Bahr, 2016;Stevens, Kurlaender, & Grosz, 2015), Kentucky (Jepsen, Troske, & Coomes, 2014), Michigan (Bahr, Dynarski, Jacob, Kreisman, Sosa, & Wiederspan, 2015), North Carolina (Liu, Belfield, & Trimble, 2014;Xu & Trimble, 2015), Virginia (Jaggars & Xu, 2015;Xu & Trimble, 2015), Tennessee (Carruthers & Sanford, 2015), and Washington (Dadgar & Trimble, 2014).…”

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The Labor Market Returns to a Community College Education for Noncompleting Students

Bahr

2018

The Journal of Higher Education

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Way station or launching pad? Unpacking the returns to adult technical education

Cited by 28 publications

References 20 publications

Impacts of State Aid for Nontraditional Students on Educational and Labor Market Outcomes

Impacts of State Aid for Nontraditional Students on Educational and Labor Market Outcomes

What About Certificates? Evidence on the Labor Market Returns to Nondegree Community College Awards in Two States

The Labor Market Returns to a Community College Education for Noncompleting Students

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