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Article: The shrinking earnings premium for university graduates in Hong Kong: The effect of quantity or quality?
Title | The shrinking earnings premium for university graduates in Hong Kong: The effect of quantity or quality? |
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Issue Date | 2005 |
Publisher | Blackwell Publishing, Inc. |
Citation | Contemporary Economic Policy, 2005, v. 23 n. 2, p. 242-254 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In 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 Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/48696 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.7 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.601 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lui, HK | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Suen, W | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-05-22T04:21:45Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2008-05-22T04:21:45Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Contemporary Economic Policy, 2005, v. 23 n. 2, p. 242-254 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 1074-3529 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/48696 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In 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.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing, Inc. | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Contemporary Economic Policy | en_HK |
dc.rights | The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com | en_HK |
dc.title | The shrinking earnings premium for university graduates in Hong Kong: The effect of quantity or quality? | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=1074-3529&volume=23&issue=2&spage=242&epage=254&date=2005&atitle=The+Shrinking+Earnings+Premium+for+University+Graduates+in+Hong+Kong:+The+Effect+of+Quantity+or+Quality? | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Suen, W: hrneswc@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Suen, W=rp00066 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | postprint | en_HK |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/cep/byi018 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-24944461542 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 101780 | - |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-24944461542&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 23 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 242 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 254 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000228414600006 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Lui, HK=7006856331 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Suen, W=7006977946 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citeulike | 155432 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1074-3529 | - |