Is higher education still worth the cost?
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higher education; returns; social mobility; degree earnings;All these keywords.
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- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
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