Finkelstein, Amy; McQuillan, Casey C.; Zidar, Owen M.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
statutory payroll tax on firms. We find that, under this counterfactual financing, in 2019 the college wage premium would have … been 11 percent lower, non-college annual earnings would have been $1,700 (3 percent) higher, and non-college employment … changes in outsourcing, robot adoption, rising trade, unionization, and the real minimum wage. We also consider a separate …