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Kawaguchi, Daiji; Ma, Wenjie – Economics of Education Review, 2008
The strong correlation between having graduated from a selective college and success in the labor market has been robustly observed in many countries. There are two major explanations for this finding. One claims that graduating from a selective college assures success in the labor market in a causal sense due to better education, a better alumni…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Labor Market, College Graduates, Foreign Countries
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Tao, Hung-Lin – Economics of Education Review, 2007
This study uses the admission scores of Taiwan's Joint College Entrance Examination (JCEE) and occupational wage data to estimate the reputation values of engineering and medical schools in Taiwan. It is found that the reputation values of medical schools are more than twice those of engineering schools. It takes about 7 and 19 years of work for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reputation, Engineering Education, Medical Schools