New study: The relative wage premium for going to college has halved for low-income Americans since 1960.

What is to blame? Rising selectivity? Tuition hikes? State disinvestment? We decompose changes in the premium since 1900 to find out.

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📢 7th QMUL Workshop for PhD Students & Post-Docs! 📢

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📅 May 22-23
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✨ Keynote speakers: Tim Besley & Martin Pesendorfer
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Find out more: bit.ly/3EKwPhv

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