TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Silva, Pedro Luís
        TI  - Specialists or All-Rounders: How Best to Select University Students?
        PY  - 2022/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15271
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15271
        AB  - This paper studies whether universities should select their students only using specialised subject-specific tests or based on a broader set of skills and knowledge. I show that even if broader skills are not improving graduates' outcomes in the labour market, the university chooses to use them as a criterion for selection alongside the mastery of more subject-specific tools. Empirically, I exploit the variation between subject-specific and non-specific entrance exam sets on Portuguese students' large administrative dataset. My central finding is that, on average, universities with less specialised admission policies admit a pool of students who obtain a higher final GPA.
        KW  - job market
KW  - admission tests
KW  - university choice
KW  - general skills
        ER  -