Relative Wage Patterns Among the Highly Educated in a Knowledge-based Economy

Garnett Picot, Rene Morissette and Yuri Ostrovsky

Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series from Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch

Abstract:

This study extends previous work on the evolution of the education premium, and investigates the existence of diverging university/high school earnings ratio trends across industries in the knowledge-based economy. The study also discusses the changing demand for high-skilled workers by comparing relative wages of university graduates holding degrees in "applied" fields to those of other university graduates (the "field" premium).

Keywords: Education; training and learning; Educational attainment; Fields of study; Job training and educational attainment; Labour; Outcomes of education; Wages; salaries and other earnings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-09-29
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