Doug Henwood wrote:
> I know the wage and income distribution literature pretty
> well, and I know that the U.S. is characterized by a large and
> widening dispersion within demographic categories as well as across
> them. But all other things being equal (which of course they rarely
> are) you're more likely to be better off with a BA than without one,
> and more likely to be better off with a master's than a bachelor's.
One question raised was the extent to which the benefit of the BA represents the devaluation of the High School diploma. By the way, you are better off with a Masters than a Ph. D. in economics, in terms of earnings.
>
> What is the point of questioning this so stubbornly?
>
> Doug
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