%0 Journal Article %T Sheepskin effects and screening in Colombia %D 2003 %@ 1692-3065 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10906/82306 %X This article uses the Hungerford and Solon Test [1987] for calculating the sheepskin effect of returns from education in the Colombian labour market in 2000. It was found that secondary school graduates enjoyed 13% returns whilst a university degree led to 17% returns. The Hungerford and Solon Test [1987], applied to a quantile regression, found returns ranging from 7% to 17% for secondary school graduates (across the entire income range) whilst a university degree produced returns between 17% and 27% %K Mercado laboral %K Educación %K Economía %K Economics %~ GOEDOC, SUB GOETTINGEN