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In this paper, we discuss the quest for more and more education and its implications for social mobility. We document … increase in the payoff to this education) implies increasing within generation inequality and, by reinforcing already existent … inequalities from the previous generation, this has hindered social mobility. We also highlight three important aspects that to …
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; wages ; inequality ; social mobility …In this paper, we discuss the quest for more and more education and its implications for social mobility. We document … increase in the payoff to this education) implies increasing within generation inequality and, by reinforcing already existent …
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We show that controlling for subject of degree explains a significant part of the male/female gender wage differential amongst graduates. Using data from the labour force surveys of the United Kingdom and Germany, we find similar results in these two countries: subject of degree explains about...
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This paper considers what has hitherto been a relatively neglected subject in the wage inequality literature, albeit … driver of rising wage inequality amongst graduates over time. …
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This paper considers what has hitherto been a relatively neglected subject in the wage inequality literature, albeit … driver of rising wage inequality amongst graduates over time. -- wage inequality ; postgraduate education ; computers …
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We show that controlling for subject of degree explains a significant part of the male/female gender wage differential amongst graduates. Using data from the labour force surveys of the United Kingdom and Germany, we find similar results in these two countries: subject of degree explains about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262693
In this paper, we discuss the quest for more and more education and its implications for social mobility. We document … increase in the payoff to this education) implies increasing within generation inequality and, by reinforcing already existent … inequalities from the previous generation, this has hindered social mobility. We also highlight three important aspects that to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279293
We study spatial changes in labour market inequality for US states and MSAs using Census and American Community Survey … spatial inequality. Because relative supply of college versus high school educated workers has risen faster at the spatial … level in places with higher initial supply levels, we also report a strong persistence and increased inequality of spatial …
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