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The boom in postgraduate education and its impact on wage inequality

Lindley, Joanne and Machin, Stephen ORCID: 0009-0004-8130-2701 (2011) The boom in postgraduate education and its impact on wage inequality. CEPDP (351). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK.

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Abstract

Growing numbers of university students in Britain and the United States are staying on after their first degrees to invest in a postgraduate qualification. Joanne Lindley and Stephen Machin document this trend and assess the impact on wage inequality - among graduates and across the labour force as a whole.

Item Type: Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL: http://cep.lse.ac.uk
Additional Information: © 2011 the authors
Divisions: Centre for Economic Performance
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
JEL classification: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination and Creation; Human Capital; Retirement > J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc.
Date Deposited: 28 Oct 2011 09:12
Last Modified: 25 Oct 2024 13:50
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/39087

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