TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Jepsen, Christopher
AU  - Troske, Kenneth
AU  - Coomes, Paul A.
        TI  - The Labor-Market Returns to Community College Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates
        PY  - 2012/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6902
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6902
        AB  - This paper provides among the first rigorous estimates of the labor-market returns to community college certificates and diplomas, as well as estimating the returns to the more commonly-studied associate's degrees. Using administrative data from Kentucky, we estimate panel-data models that control for differences among students in pre-college earnings and educational aspirations. Associate's degrees and diplomas have quarterly earnings returns of nearly $2,400 for women and $1,500 for men, compared with much smaller returns for certificates. There is substantial heterogeneity in returns across fields of study. Degrees, diplomas, and – for women – certificates correspond with higher levels of employment.
        KW  - diploma
KW  - community college
KW  - returns to school
KW  - certificate
        ER  -