NDLI: College Attainment, Income Inequality, and Economic Security: A Simulation Exercise

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College Attainment, Income Inequality, and Economic Security: A Simulation Exercise

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Hershbein, Brad Kearney, Melissa S. Pardue, Luke
Copyright Year	2020
Description	Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal 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.
Related Links	https://research.upjohn.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1020&context=up_policybriefs https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm?abstractid=3531708
ISSN	10914358
e-ISSN	15565068
DOI	10.2139/ssrn.3531708
Journal	SSRN Electronic Journal
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier BV
Publisher Date	2020-01-30
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal Industrial Relations College Attainment Income Inequality Earnings Distribution Economic Security Poverty
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Psychiatry and Mental Health

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