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Does education really help? : skill, work, and inequality / Edward N. Wolff.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: xi, 308 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0195189965 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780195189964 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.11/423
LOC classification:
  • HD 5724 W855d 2006
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Contents:
Foreword / Richard C. Leone -- 1. Postwar trends in income, earnings, and schooling -- 2. Technology and the demand for skills -- 3. Wages and skills -- 4. Productivity and skill change -- 5. The growth of the information economy -- 6. Skill dispersion and earnings inequality -- 7. Skills and changing comparative advantage -- 8. Conclusions and policy recommendations -- Data appendix -- References -- Index.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HD 5724 W855d 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000063547

"A Century Foundation book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-297) and index.

Foreword / Richard C. Leone -- 1. Postwar trends in income, earnings, and schooling -- 2. Technology and the demand for skills -- 3. Wages and skills -- 4. Productivity and skill change -- 5. The growth of the information economy -- 6. Skill dispersion and earnings inequality -- 7. Skills and changing comparative advantage -- 8. Conclusions and policy recommendations -- Data appendix -- References -- Index.

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