Earnings of college graduates: women compared with men.

The writer examines female college graduates' earnings in relation to men with a similar education. Among college graduates, the average annual wage for women was 73 percent that of men in 1993. Nonetheless, when the earnings of women were compared with men's earnings in the same major area of stud...

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Published in:	Monthly Labor Review Vol. 121; no. 3; pp. 62 - 72
Main Author:	Hecker, Daniel E.
Format:	Article
Published:	US Department of Labor March 1998
Subjects:	Employment of college graduates Statistics Higher education & economics Effect of education on wages Wage differentials Occupations United States
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