Explaining Stagnation in the College Wage Premium
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Keywords
college wage premium; educational attainment; labor supply; technological change; worker substitutability;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
- J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LMA-2025-03-17 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-LTV-2025-03-17 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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