The Impact of College Quality on Wages: Are There Differences Among Demographic Groups?

J-R Berhman, L Kletzer, J Constantine, M McPherson and M-O Schapiro

No DP-38, Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education from Department of Economics, Williams College

Abstract: There has been a rising interest in understanding better the impact of college choices on wages that has been motivated by concerns about increasing wage inequalities, about increasing costs of elite and about the perceived increasing roles of highly educated individuals in maintaining international competitiveness.

Keywords: EDUCATION; WAGES (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 1996
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