Furthermore, I document that failure to account for subassociate
credentials results in falsely attributing positive
earnings gains to college attendance in the absence of credential
receipt in my setting. Measures of educational attainment
in most major surveys, such as the Decennial Census,
Current Population Survey, and American Community Survey,
do not include certificate receipt, suggesting the large
category generally classified as “some college” includes a
3 Federal law limits recipients to 60 lifetime months of cash assistance
receipt, while many states have shorter time limits (Ziliak, forthcoming).
4 Using data on transfer students from a single state, Crosta and Kopko
(2014) find among students with at least 50 community college credits,
those who earn associate of arts degrees are more likely to transfer to a fouryear
institution and subsequently receive a bachelor’s degree than students
who did not earn a degree or applied science degree recipients.
heterogeneous group of individuals.5 Given the low completion
rates of community college students, it is especially important
to distinguish between earnings gains due to credit
completion and those driven by credential receipt.
Furthermore, I document that failure to account for subassociatecredentials results in falsely attributing positiveearnings gains to college attendance in the absence of credentialreceipt in my setting. Measures of educational attainmentin most major surveys, such as the Decennial Census,Current Population Survey, and American Community Survey,do not include certificate receipt, suggesting the largecategory generally classified as “some college” includes a3 Federal law limits recipients to 60 lifetime months of cash assistancereceipt, while many states have shorter time limits (Ziliak, forthcoming).4 Using data on transfer students from a single state, Crosta and Kopko(2014) find among students with at least 50 community college credits,those who earn associate of arts degrees are more likely to transfer to a fouryearinstitution and subsequently receive a bachelor’s degree than studentswho did not earn a degree or applied science degree recipients.heterogeneous group of individuals.5 Given the low completionrates of community college students, it is especially importantto distinguish between earnings gains due to creditcompletion and those driven by credential receipt.
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