Average and Marginal Returns to Upper Secondary Schooling in Indonesia

Carneiro, Pedro ; Lokshin, Michael ; Ridao-Cano, Cristobal ; Umapathi, Nithin

关键词: ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION;    AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT;    BINDING;    COMMUNITY HEALTH;    CONTINUOUS EDUCATION;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-5878
RP-ID  :  WPS5878

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper estimates average andmarginal returns to schooling in Indonesia using anon-parametric selection model estimated by localinstrumental variables, and data from the Indonesia FamilyLife Survey. The analysis finds that the return to uppersecondary schooling varies widely across individual: it canbe as high as 50 percent per year of schooling for thosevery likely to enroll in upper secondary schooling, or aslow as -10 percent for those very unlikely to do so. Returnsto the marginal student (14 percent) are well below thosefor the average student attending upper secondary schooling(27 percent).