Increased education is associated with both higher wages and lower unemployment. This Spotlight on Statistics highlights how that relationship has changed over time and examines additional detail on educational attainment. The charts and analysis that follow illustrate historical and current statistics from the Current Population Survey on the U.S. labor force for people age 25 years and older by educational attainment, defined as the highest diploma or degree received at the time the survey was conducted
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Large increases in educational attainment have resulted in dramatic shifts in the composition of edu...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projections of occupational employment growth have consistently...
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While level of education predicts life income, the problem for this study was to determine the exten...
Large increases in educational attainment have resulted in dramatic shifts in the composition of edu...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projections of occupational employment growth have consistently...
Back to school time is here. Across the country millions of students are preparing to return to scho...
[Excerpt] United States workers held over 130 million jobs in May 2013—but what kind of jobs were th...
The following research has been conducted in order to establish both the economic and statistical si...
Analysis of a new data base to study occupations and employment reveals a surplus of university grad...
[Excerpt] This Spotlight on Statistics examines historical trends in union membership among employed...
[Excerpt] 2013 is the International Year of Statistics, a worldwide celebration of the powerful and ...
Research in labor economics often tests the effect of educational attainment on wages. Our paper exa...
This research brief reviews recent and projected trends in the economy and the implications of those...
The United States has benefitted from an educated workforce that has been integral to the growth in ...
In much sociological research on occupational achievement it is presumed that the full effect of edu...
This study examines if the college wage premium favoring college graduates still exists. The NLSY-79...
Drawing on the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we document a startling empirical pattern: the career...
While level of education predicts life income, the problem for this study was to determine the exten...
Large increases in educational attainment have resulted in dramatic shifts in the composition of edu...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projections of occupational employment growth have consistently...