Changes in College Skills and the Rise in the College Wage Premium.

Grogger, Jeff; Eide, Eric

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Publication Date: 1995

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Changes in College Skills and the Rise in the College Wage Premium.

Grogger, Jeff; Eide, Eric

Journal of Human Resources, v30 n2 p280-310 Spr 1995

Overall, college graduates' earnings increased compared to high school graduates' in the 1980s. For men, skills acquired before college had not effect on the increase; for women, returns to math ability rose considerably. For men, the trend away from such subjects as education and toward engineering accounted for one-fourth of the rise in relative earnings. (SK)

Descriptors: College Graduates, Entry Workers, Females, Job Skills, Majors (Students), Males, Mathematics Skills, Outcomes of Education, Salary Wage Differentials

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972

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IES Cited: ED457587

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