College Attainment, Income Inequality, and Economic Security: A Simulation Exercise. Upjohn Institute Working Paper 20-319

Autor/inn/en	Hershbein, Brad J.; Kearney, Melissa S.; Pardue, Luke W.
Institution	W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Titel	College Attainment, Income Inequality, and Economic Security: A Simulation Exercise. Upjohn Institute Working Paper 20-319
Quelle	(2020), (42 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Simulation; Income; Economic Status; Educational Attainment; Associate Degrees; Bachelors Degrees; Low Income Groups; Poverty; Wages; Outcomes of Education; Adults; High School Graduates; Gender Differences; College Graduates; Young Adults; Current Population Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Einkommen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Armut; Wage; Löhne; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener
Abstract	We conduct an empirical simulation exercise that gauges the plausible impact of increased rates of college attainment on a variety of measures of income inequality and economic insecurity. Using two different methodological approaches--a distributional approach and a causal parameter approach--we find that increased rates of bachelor's and associate degree attainment would meaningfully increase economic security for lower-income individuals, reduce poverty and near-poverty, and shrink gaps between the 90th and lower percentiles of the earnings distribution. However, increases in college attainment would not significantly reduce inequality at the very top of the distribution. [This paper was prepared for the 2020 ASSA session, "The Race between Education and Technology Revisited." For the Policy Brief, see ED603920.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01