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Education, Income, and Ability
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Griliches, Zvi; Mason, William M. – Journal of Political Economy, 1972
Current estimates of the contribution of education to economic growth have been questioned because they ignore the interaction of education with ability. Whether the neglect of ability differences in the analyses of the income-education relationship results in estimates which are too high is considered in this paper, using a 1964 sample of U.S.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Educational Quality
Earnings Profile: Ability and Schooling
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Hause, John C. – Journal of Political Economy, 1972
Examines the role played by ability in determining earnings differentials along both the earnings profile for given levels of schooling attainment and across schooling levels. (RJ)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Data Analysis
Schooling and Inequality from Generation to Generation
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Bowles, Samuel – Journal of Political Economy, 1972
Shows that substantial inequality of economic opportunity exists in the U.S. and that the educational system is a major vehicle for the transmission of economic status from one generation to the next. (RJ)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Educational Status Comparison, Employment Patterns