Figure 1: tertiary educational attainment of adults aged 25 to 34 in Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK and Canada, 2000 and 2011
Source: OECD Factbook.
Tertiary education attainment of young adults in Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK and Canada, 2000 and 2011
24 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, College premium, educational attainment, graduate premium
More on the college premium and economic mobility
22 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: College premium, economic mobility, education premium, graduate premium
"…most powerful instrument of economic mobility for low-income ppl is 4 yr college degree." nyti.ms/1ji4fTl http://t.co/94xbbJW4Ny—
Equitable Growth (@equitablegrowth) May 15, 2014
The education premium has immediate effects
17 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: College premium, education premium, graduate premium, high school dropouts
http://t.co/t1Pym23Wgv—
EPI Chart Bot (@epichartbot) May 27, 2015
The reverse gender tertiary education gap for ages 25–34, Anglo-Saxon countries
14 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
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Figure 1: % population who have attained at least tertiary education, age 25 – 34 by gender (2012)
Source: OECD family database.
Figure 2 shows that the stark reversing of the gender gap in educational attainment shown in figure 1 was somewhat more recent in the US, UK and to a lesser extent in Ireland and Australia. In the UK and USA, educational attainment by gender was pretty equal for the earlier generation of graduates as compared to today’s 25 to 34-year-olds. The reversing of the gender gap in educational attainment dates back several decades in Canada and New Zealand.
Figure 2: % population who have attained at least tertiary education, age 45 – 54 by gender (2012)
Source: OECD family database.
Another rather stunning illustration of the size of the graduate premium in the USA
14 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
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Pay is always net of human capital accumulation
31 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: College premium, education premium, internships, on-the-job human capital
The geography of the global talent pool, now and 2030
19 May 2015 1 Comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: College premium, economics of migration, graduate premium, tertiary education, university premium
The global talent pool has never been larger, will grow to 2030, read bit.ly/1Dg7heM (pdf) #education #stats http://t.co/aiIiTDbZt9—
(@OECD) April 24, 2015
Income by educational attainment in the USA
10 May 2015 Leave a comment
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New Zealand is on top of the world for education spending
08 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, politics - New Zealand Tags: College premium, education premium, schools
#Education expenditure in selected OECD countries –
1st NZ 21.6%
statista.com/chart/3398/whi… http://t.co/xgoHKsjNxu—
Statista (@StatistaCharts) April 20, 2015
College graduates don’t really notice recessions
02 May 2015 Leave a comment
in business cycles, economics of education, great recession, human capital, labour economics, macroeconomics, occupational choice, politics - USA, unemployment Tags: College premium, education premium, labour demographics
Our monthly update on the question: should I stay in school? blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015… http://t.co/IaVxoAJmqe—
Josh Zumbrun (@JoshZumbrun) April 03, 2015
The payoff from investing in education is large in developing countries
30 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of education, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: College premium, education premium, educational attainment
Should everybody go to college? Could everybody go to college?
22 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: College premium, economics of personality traits, education premium, IQ
Becoming president is part of the college premium
16 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, College premium, graduate premium
These men lacked college degrees but they ran for president & guess what happened next …
pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015… http://t.co/L05DXnSvtz—
Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) March 29, 2015
New Zealand spends a lot in education for a pretty average education premium in return
15 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics Tags: College premium, education premium, graduate premium
#Education makes up 12.9% of public #spending in OECD area; how does your country compare? bit.ly/1ang3Rj http://t.co/cUgf7fnj8F—
(@OECD) April 13, 2015
@OECD More college grads nationally= a smaller wage premium for young workers bit.ly/1rJ8bz9 #highereducation http://t.co/IWjetA6znw—
Dr. Eugene Kowch (@ekowch) September 17, 2014
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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