The boom in postgraduate education and its impact on wage inequality

Joanne Lindley () and Stephen Machin

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Abstract: Growing numbers of university students in Britain and the United States are staying on after their first degrees to invest in a postgraduate qualification. Joanne Lindley and Stephen Machin document this trend and assess the impact on wage inequality - among graduates and across the labour force as a whole.

JEL-codes: J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 1075 pages
Date: 2011-10
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Working Paper: The Boom in Postgraduate Education and Its Impact on Wage Inequality (2011)
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