Book Title: Education: The Great Equalizer

Author: johnkane

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Book Description: An examination of the economics of higher education created by students in the Spring 2022 Eco 409 class at SUNY-Oswego.

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Book Description

This book examines the economics of higher education. The first chapter of this book examines trends in global and U.S. higher education enrollments. The authors of the second chapter use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1997)  to examine the impact of demographic and ability factors on the decision to attend college.  The third chapter uses data from the American Community Survey to investigates the rate of return to alternative levels of educational attainment. Estimates of the return to specific college majors is also estimated, conditional on the completion of a bachelor’s degree. The final chapter examines the determinants of the successful completion of a bachelor’s degree.

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johnkane

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Education: The Great Equalizer Copyright © 2022 by John Kane is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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Economics

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Title
Education: The Great Equalizer
Author
johnkane
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Education: The Great Equalizer Copyright © 2022 by John Kane is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Primary Subject
Economics
Institution
SUNY Oswego