There is a well-established positive correlation between life-satisfaction measures and income in individual level … estimates suggesting that most of the association of income and well-being is causal. -- life satisfaction ; well-being … from money to happiness. I use industry wage differentials as instruments for income. This is based on the idea that at …

This chapter discusses the large literature and numerous issues regarding education-related differences in income in …. Following the 1940 Decennial Census, which collected information on educational attainment and on earned income and time worked … 1950s/early 1960s greatly expanded the research on education and income and shifted the focus to wages. The human capital …

labor market outcomes in the U.S. using two nationally representative sources of data: The Survey of Income and Program … low-income families or with weak academic achievement in high school. Young women (especially among whites and blacks) now …