Is the Proportion of College Workers in 'Non-College' Jobs Increasing?

Peter Gottschalk and Michael Hansen
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Michael Hansen: Center for Naval Analysis

No 429, Boston College Working Papers in Economics from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper explores the claim that college educated workers are increasingly likely to be in "non-college" occupations. We provide a conceptual framework which gives analytical content to the previously vague distinction between college and non-college jobs. This framework is used to show that skill bias technological change will to lead to a decline in the proportion of college workers in non-college jobs. This prediction is supported by the data.

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Pages: 30 pages
Date: 1999-09-10, Revised 2001-02-20
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Published, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 21(2), pages 409-448, April

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Journal Article: Is the Proportion of College Workers in Noncollege Jobs Increasing? (2003)
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