LEADER 02487nam 22005294a 450 001 9910963978703321 005 20251116153214.0 010 0 $a0195345886 010 0 $a9780195345889 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7036057 035 $a(CKB)24235074300041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC271326 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL271326 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10177901 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL84604 035 $a(OCoLC)776942672 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7036057 035 $a(OCoLC)131241324 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924235074300041 100 $a20050818d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDoes education really help? $eskill, work, and inequality /$fEdward N. Wolff 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $axi, 308 p. $cill 300 $a"A Century Foundation book." 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-297) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aConventional 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. 606 $aLabor supply$xEffect of education on$zUnited States 606 $aOccupational training$zUnited States 606 $aIncome distribution$zUnited States 615 0$aLabor supply$xEffect of education on 615 0$aOccupational training 615 0$aIncome distribution 676 $a331.11/423 700 $aWolff$b Edward N$0123319 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910963978703321 996 $aDoes education really help$94465033 997 $aUNINA