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Peer reviewedGrogger, Jeff; Eide, Eric – Journal of Human Resources, 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…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Entry Workers, Females, Job Skills
