Friday, September 11, 2009

Learning and earning


Not surprising news that higher education brings higher lifetime compensation.

What we see here, in general, is further confirmation of the discrimination against women's compensation.

We still have a long way to go!

Onésimo Alvarez-Moro

See article:
How much more a graduate earns over a lifetime

UNIVERSITY offers more than the chance to indulge in a few years of debauchery. A new report from the OECD, a rich country think-tank, attempts to measure how much more graduates can expect to earn compared with those who seek jobs without having a degree. In America the lifetime gross earnings of male graduates are, on average, nearly $370,000 higher than those of non-graduates, comfortably repaying the pricey investment in a university education (female graduates earn an extra $229,000).

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