The changing value of education

Lisa Barrow and Cecilia Elena Rouse

Chicago Fed Letter, 2007, issue Apr, No 237

Abstract: Why has the economic value of education stopped rising over the past ten years? The most likely explanation seems to be that the booming economy of the late 1990s helped to increase the average earnings of all workers, including those at the low end of the skills distribution.

Keywords: Education - Economic aspects; Labor market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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