Can Falling Supply Explain the Rising Return to College for Younger Men? A Cohort-Based Analysis
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- 1 May 2001
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Vol. 116 (2), 705-746
- https://doi.org/10.1162/00335530151144140
Abstract
Although the college-high school wage gap for younger U. S. men has doubled over the past 30 years, the gap for older men has remained nearly constanKeywords
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