Does education really help? : skill, work, and inequality /

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This work challenges the conventional wisdom that greater schooling and skill improvement leads to higher wages, that income inequality falls with wider access to schooling, and that the information technology revolution will re-ignite worker pay.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wolff, Edward N.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Labor supply > Effect of education on > United States.
Occupational training > United States.
Income distribution > United States.
Marché du travail > Effets de l'éducation sur > États-Unis.
Revenu > Répartition > États-Unis.
Income distribution
Labor supply > Effect of education on
Occupational training
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; 1 Postwar Trends in Income, Earnings, and Schooling; 2 Technology and the Demand for Skills; 3 Wages and Skills; 4 Productivity and Skill Change; 5 The Growth of the Information Economy; 6 Skill Dispersion and Earnings Inequality; 7 Skills and Changing Comparative Advantage; 8 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations; Data Appendix; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

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