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Title: Economic Returns to Community and Four-Year College Education
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Monk-Turner, Elizabeth A. |
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Economic Returns to Community and Four-Year College Education Journal of Socio-Economics 23,4 (Winter 1994): 441-456. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/1053535794900132 Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): College Education; Colleges; Earnings; Educational Attainment; Educational Returns; Wages; Work Experience Using data from the Young Men and Young Women cohorts, differences in earning ability among college entrants are analyzed by type of first college entered, sex, and race for young people ten years after their high school graduation. Type of first college entered is a significant variable in understanding differences in earning ability for college entrants with ability, socioeconomic background and college goal constant. The rate of return for each additional year of education for four-year college entrants is 7.9%; for community college entrants, 5.4%. The author argues that community college education and four-year college education cannot properly be treated as homogeneous and that researchers analyzing economic returns to education need to take into account both kind of first college entered as well as the number of years of education acquired. |
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Monk-Turner, Elizabeth A. "Economic Returns to Community and Four-Year College Education." Journal of Socio-Economics 23,4 (Winter 1994): 441-456.
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