This paper estimates the effects of a 2008 policy that eliminated tuition fees at public universities in Ecuador. We use a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits variation across cohorts differentially exposed to the policy, as well as geographic variation in access to public universities. We find that the tuition fee elimination significantly increased college participation and shifted people into higher-skilled jobs. We detect no statistically significant effects on income, though standard errors are large. Overall, the bulk of the benefits of this fee elimination were enjoyed by those of higher socioeconomic status.

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消除厄瓜多尔大学学费的教育和劳动力市场效应

本文估算了2008年取消厄瓜多尔公立大学学费的政策的效果。我们使用差异差异策略，该策略利用不同群体在政策上的差异，以及公立大学入学率的地域差异。我们发现，免除学费极大地提高了大学的参与度，并使人们转向了更高技能的工作。尽管标准误很大，但我们没有发现对收入有统计上的显着影响。总体而言，社会经济地位较高的人享有这种费用减免的大部分好处。