Why Today's High-School-Educated Males Earn Less than Their Fathers Did: The Problem and an Assessment of Responses.

Murnane, Richard J.; Levy, Frank

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ERIC Number: EJ458729

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Why Today's High-School-Educated Males Earn Less than Their Fathers Did: The Problem and an Assessment of Responses.

Murnane, Richard J.; Levy, Frank

Harvard Educational Review, v63 n1 p1-19 Spr 1993

The shift to service occupations and technological changes contributed to a dramatic decrease in earnings of male high school graduates. Because family income is a strong predictor of educational attainment, educational reforms and policy initiatives for disadvantaged children are extremely important to improve their earnings prospects. (SK)

Descriptors: Economic Change, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Employment Programs, High School Graduates, Living Standards, Males, Salary Wage Differentials

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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