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Les extendemos la invitación al seminario que organiza el Departamento de Economía, titulado "Returns to Human Capital Investment Beyond College".

Expone: Sebastián Gallegos, Profesor Asistente, Escuela de Negocios, UAI

Co-autores: C. Neilson, F. Huneeus y G. Gaete.

Abstract: This paper estimates returns to human capital investment beyond college. We exploit exogenous variation in the assignment of a massive merit-based scholarship program for graduate studies abroad, known as “Becas Chile”. We implement a difference-in-discontinuity design using administrative records and web-scraped data for about 10k applicants. Our preliminary findings reveal positive private economic returns 10-15 years after being offered scholarships, of about 0.15 standard deviations of wages and moderate positive effects on formal employment. Our work in progress suggests that additional data are likely to further enhance the current analysis

El formato será presencial y el seminario se desarrollará en la Sala P-303.

Saludos cordiales,

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