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Estimating the social value of higher education: willingness to pay for community and technical colleges

Blomquist, Glenn C.; Coomes, Paul A.; Jepsen, Christopher; … - 2009

Much is known about private returns to education in the form of higher earnings. Less is known about social value, over … in the form of increased earnings. Our earnings estimates are based on two distinct data sets, one administrative and one … from the U.S. Census. The difference between the total social value and the increase in earnings is our measure of the …

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Down from the mountain: skill upgrading and wages in Appalachia

Bollinger, Christopher R.; Ziliak, James Patrick; … - 2009

Despite evidence that skilled labor is increasingly concentrated in cities, whether regional wage inequality is predominantly due to differences in skill levels or returns is unknown. We compare Appalachia, with its wide mix of urban and rural areas, to other parts of the U.S., and find that...

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Rank, income and income inequality in urban China

Gustafsson, Björn; Sai, Ding - 2008

While some workers in China attain senior professional level and senior cadre level status (Chuzhang and above), others … and western China for 1995 and 2002. For 2002, persons of high rank make up 3 percent and persons of middle rank make up …

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Income Effects from Labor Market Training Programs in Sweden During the 80's and 90's

Andrén, Thomas; Gustafsson, Björn - 2002

the 80s and the beginning of the 90s on its effect on earnings. We separate the analysis between Swedish-born and foreign …

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The labor-market returns to community college degrees, diplomas, and certificates

Jepsen, Christopher; Troske, Kenneth R.; Coomes, Paul A. - 2012

data from Kentucky, we estimate panel-data models that control for differences among students in pre-college earnings and … educational aspirations. Associate's degrees and diplomas have quarterly earnings returns of nearly $2,400 for women and $1 …

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