College Attainment, Income Inequality, and Economic Security: A Simulation Exercise
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- Brad J. Hershbein & Melissa S. Kearney & Luke W. Pardue, 2020. "College Attainment, Income Inequality, and Economic Security: A Simulation Exercise," Upjohn Working Papers 20-319, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
- Brad Hershbein & Melissa Schettini Kearney & Luke W. Pardue, 2020. "College Attainment, Income Inequality, and Economic Security: A Simulation Exercise," NBER Working Papers 26747, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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JEL classification:
- C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
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