Education and earnings

Douglas C. Smith

Liber8 Economic Information Newsletter, 2009, issue August

Abstract: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), achieving a higher level of education is one way to guard against unemployment and increase earnings: A 2008 report found that workers with a bachelor?s degree earned 65 percent more than workers with only a high school diploma and nearly 130 percent more than workers without a high school diploma.

Keywords: Education; Wages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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