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Peer reviewedDickinson, David L.; Verbeek, Roelant L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2002
This study compared employment and wage figures for 97 college graduates previously diagnosed with learning disabilities (LD) and 1,130 comparison adults. The observed lower wages for individuals with LD were found to be primarily due to differences in productivity, although the possibility that some of this differential is due to discrimination…
Descriptors: Adults, College Graduates, Compensation (Remuneration), Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Download full textLevy, Frank; Michel, Richard C. – 1988
This paper examines the growing college premium for younger men and the earnings patterns for other groups that developed between 1973 and 1987. At first glance, the rapidly increasing college premium for young men seems to confirm several frequently cited economic trends, including a massive restructuring of the economy that displaces all less…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Business Cycles, College Graduates, Economic Factors
