Schooling mainly raises earnings by securing year-round employment for marginalized workers
Evidence
Evidence uncovered in the course of this research strongly suggests that the effects of education on social participation are typically absolute, not relative. My education increases my social participation, and generally speaking, your education does not lower my participation. So if we both graduate from college, we should both tend to become more civically engaged. Under these circumstances it would be appropriate to control for rising educational levels. However, doing so has the effect of amplifying declines in participation and minimizing increases, so given the nature of my argument, the more conservative course is not to control for education. — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1508 (
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Bluestone’s data on the determinants of hourly earnings indicate that this is precisely the case: The economic return to schooling is twice as high for white males as for blacks or females. — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America, 923 (
#builds-on, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Schooling’s income payoff is twice as high for white males — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America:…, 923; Education raises participation in absolute rather than relative terms. — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1508; Schooling raises earnings only by securing year-round work for women and blacks — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America:…, 875
Related
- Education raises participation in absolute rather than relative terms. (similarity 0.90)
- Schooling raises earnings only by securing year-round work for women and blacks (similarity 0.87)
- Schooling’s income payoff is twice as high for white males (similarity 0.86)
Broader Connections
- Education raises participation in absolute rather than relative terms.
#expands(0.75) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1508