Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ650704
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Publication Date: 2002
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Learning and Earnings: How College Matters in Earnings Gap between Hispanic Workers and Non-Hispanic White Workers.
Kim, Jongsung
Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, v1 n2 p125-43 Apr 2002
Used Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group files to investigate the role of higher education in explaining the earnings gap between Hispanics and Whites. Found that human capital takes precedence over labor market discrimination in explaining the earnings gap. A policy implication is that equal compensation of Hispanic workers is as important as improvement of educational attainment. (EV)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans, Salary Wage Differentials, Statistical Analysis, Whites
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