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Article: The shrinking earnings premium for university graduates in Hong Kong: The effect of quantity or quality?

TitleThe shrinking earnings premium for university graduates in Hong Kong: The effect of quantity or quality?
Authors
Issue Date2005
PublisherBlackwell Publishing, Inc.
Citation
Contemporary Economic Policy, 2005, v. 23 n. 2, p. 242-254 How to Cite?
AbstractIn 1989, the Hong Kong government embarked on a program to increase the provision of first-year first-degree places. The expansion of tertiary education represents a large and exogenous increase in the supply of university graduates to the territory. This article measures the labor market effects of the expansion program by studying the changes in earnings premium for university graduates. Two alternative hypotheses - crowding and quality effects - are identified to explain why the earnings premium shrank. The results support the view that the declining quality of university graduates is the prime candidate for the declining earnings premium. © Western Economic Association International 2005.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/48696
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dc.contributor.authorSuen, Wen_HK
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dc.identifier.citationContemporary Economic Policy, 2005, v. 23 n. 2, p. 242-254en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1074-3529en_HK
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dc.description.abstractIn 1989, the Hong Kong government embarked on a program to increase the provision of first-year first-degree places. The expansion of tertiary education represents a large and exogenous increase in the supply of university graduates to the territory. This article measures the labor market effects of the expansion program by studying the changes in earnings premium for university graduates. Two alternative hypotheses - crowding and quality effects - are identified to explain why the earnings premium shrank. The results support the view that the declining quality of university graduates is the prime candidate for the declining earnings premium. © Western Economic Association International 2005.en_HK
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dc.rightsThe definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.comen_HK
dc.titleThe shrinking earnings premium for university graduates in Hong Kong: The effect of quantity or quality?en_HK
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