Publication: Evaluación del impacto de la movilidad Erasmus en los salarios y el empleo de los recién titulados en España
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Existe una escasa literatura empírica que evalúe el impacto del programa Erasmus en las carreras profesionales de los universitarios. En ocasiones la evidencia empírica que se aporta sobre la materia es parcial e indirecta. Además, habitualmente no se tiene en cuenta que los estudiantes que participan en los programas de movilidad son distintos del resto de sus compañeros en cuanto a su capacidad, entorno socioeconómico o campo de estudios, de forma que no podemos afirmar que las correlaciones observadas sean realmente causales.
En este trabajo se utiliza propensity score matching al objeto de proporcionar una evidencia menos sesgada sobre el efecto de la movilidad Erasmus en los salarios y empleo de los universitarios. Hasta donde llega nuestro conocimiento, no existen trabajos que analicen el caso español desde esta perspectiva. El objetivo de este trabajo es contribuir a cubrir ese hueco mediante el análisis de dos encuestas de inserción laboral de graduados. El principal resultado del estudio es que el programa Erasmus tiene a medio plazo un impacto positivo en la productividad de los recién titulados, que se traduce en un incremento de los salarios de entre 10 y 12 puntos porcentuales, independientemente de la fase del ciclo económico en que nos encontremos.
There is little empirical literature that evaluates the impact of the Erasmus program on the professional careers of university graduates. Sometimes the empirical evidence on the subject is partial or indirect. In addition, it is usually not taken into account that students who participate in mobility programs are different from their peers in terms of ability, socioeconomic background or field of study, so that we cannot state that the observed correlations are really causal. We use propensity score matching to provide less biased evidence of the effect of Erasmus mobility on university wages and employment. To the best of our knowledge, there are no studies that analyze the Spanish case from this perspective. The objective of this paper is to contribute to cover this gap by analyzing two graduate surveys. The main result of the study is that the Erasmus program has a positive impact on the productivity of recent graduates in the medium term, which translates into an increase in wages of 10 to 12 percentage points.
There is little empirical literature that evaluates the impact of the Erasmus program on the professional careers of university graduates. Sometimes the empirical evidence on the subject is partial or indirect. In addition, it is usually not taken into account that students who participate in mobility programs are different from their peers in terms of ability, socioeconomic background or field of study, so that we cannot state that the observed correlations are really causal. We use propensity score matching to provide less biased evidence of the effect of Erasmus mobility on university wages and employment. To the best of our knowledge, there are no studies that analyze the Spanish case from this perspective. The objective of this paper is to contribute to cover this gap by analyzing two graduate surveys. The main result of the study is that the Erasmus program has a positive impact on the productivity of recent graduates in the medium term, which translates into an increase in wages of 10 to 12 percentage points.
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