02441nam 22005054a 450 991080792210332120240410114517.001953458869780195345889(MiAaPQ)EBC7036057(CKB)24235074300041(MiAaPQ)EBC271326(Au-PeEL)EBL271326(CaPaEBR)ebr10177901(CaONFJC)MIL84604(OCoLC)776942672(EXLCZ)992423507430004120050818d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDoes education really help?[electronic resource] skill, work, and inequality /Edward N. Wolff1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press2006xi, 308 p. ill"A Century Foundation book."Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-297) and index.Intro -- 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.Conventional wisdom is that greater schooling and skill improvement leads to higher wages and income inequality falls with wider access to schooling. Yet, since the early 1970s earnings stagnated and inequality climbed while educational attainment and worker skills gained rapidly and dispersion in schooling levels plummeted. The book explores these apparent paradoxes.Labor supplyEffect of education onUnited StatesOccupational trainingUnited StatesIncome distributionUnited StatesLabor supplyEffect of education onOccupational trainingIncome distribution331.11/423Wolff Edward N123319MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910807922103321Does education really help4010095UNINA