Citation
Arcidiacono, Peter; Fruehwirth, Jane Cooley; & Hussey, Andrew (2008). The Economic Returns to an MBA. International Economic Review, 49(3), 873-899.Abstract
Because MBA programs require work experience before admittance, prior wages can be exploited to disentangle the return to the degree from unobserved productivity. We find that controlling for individual fixed effects generally reduces the estimated returns to an MBA, particularly for those in top programs. However, for full-time MBA students attending schools outside of the top-25 the estimated returns are higher when we control for individual fixed effects. We show that there is some evidence that those who take the GMAT but do not obtain an MBA are stronger in dimensions such as workplace skills that are not easily measured.URL
www.jstor.org/stable/20486822Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2008Journal Title
International Economic ReviewAuthor(s)
Arcidiacono, PeterFruehwirth, Jane Cooley
Hussey, Andrew