Abstract
A college degree yields substantial economic returns. By the early twenty-first century, college graduates’ earnings were about 90 percent higher than those of their high school graduate counterparts, a premium that has increased over the last quarter century (Autor, Katz, and Kearney 2008). College attainment is also related to better health, longevity, happiness, and a host of extra-economic outcomes (Ross and Mirowsky 1999; Pallas 2000; Rowley and Hurtado 2003; Attewell and Lavin 2007; Stevens, Armstrong, and Arum 2008).
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Social Stratification |
| Subtitle of host publication | Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 578-586 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429963193 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780429494642 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2018 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Social Sciences