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Economic Mobility Project, 2013
This report examines whether a college degree protected recent graduates from a range of poor employment outcomes during the recession, including unemployment, low-skill jobs, and lesser wages. The report draws upon data from the 2003-2011 Current Population Survey (CPS) to examine the early labor market outcomes of 21- through 24-year-olds. The…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Economic Climate, Employment, Income
Furchtgott-Roth, Diana; Jacobson, Louis; Mokher, Christine G. – Economic Mobility Project, 2009
Past research from Pew's Economic Mobility Project (EMP) has shown that a college degree quadruples the chances that an individual born into the bottom income quintile will reach the top quintile in adulthood. For community colleges in particular, the project has shown that getting a community college degree increases earnings by an average of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Income, Outcomes of Education, Higher Education