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Peer reviewedLight, Audrey; Strayer, Wayne – Journal of Human Resources, 2004
A wage models in which college-educated workers are classified according to their degree attainment, college type, and college transfer status are examined using data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Transfer students receive an 'indirect' wage benefit as changing colleges allows them to earn a degree.
Descriptors: Wages, Labor Market, Salary Wage Differentials, College Transfer Students
