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Does Higher Education Increase Skills or Is It Just a Signal? (opens the original)
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College education is known to increase wages and earnings. The college wage premium – how much more one earns with a college degree over the earnings of someone with only a high-school degree – is quite large at 70%-80%, as shown here by Bengali, Sander, Valletta and Zhao (2023).<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6z-8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2784b4ca-b91
Does Higher Education Increase Skills or Is It Just a Signal? (opens the original)
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Nominal News is an economics newsletter written by a PhD Economist that translates the latest economic research into clear, policy‑relevant insights on current issues. Join 4,000 readers to stay-up-to-date with Nominal News directly in your inbox:Subscribe nowNEW! PodcastNote to subscribers: we have officially launched a companion audio/podcast to our arti
How AI Helps and Hampers Junior Workers (opens the original)
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Nominal News is an economics newsletter written by a PhD Economist that translates the latest economic research into clear, policy‑relevant insights on current issues. Join 4,000 readers to stay-up-to-date with Nominal News directly in your inbox:Subscribe nowAI continues to make news headlines – whether it is solving math problems</span
A Hawkish Pivot - The Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates and Signals Further Hikes (opens the original)
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Nominal News is an economics newsletter written by a PhD Economist that translates the latest economic research into clear, policy‑relevant insights on current issues. Join 4,000 readers to stay-up-to-date with Nominal News directly in your inbox:Subscribe nowSummaryThe FOMC (the interest rate setting committee) decided by a unanimous vote (12-0) to raise interest rates to a range between 3.75% and 4.00%.Most FOMC voters expect to hike interest rates a
Should We Reverse Corporate Tax Cuts? (opens the original)
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Nominal News is an economics newsletter written by a PhD Economist that translates the latest economic research into clear, policy‑relevant insights on current issues. Join 4,000 readers to stay-up-to-date with Nominal News directly in your inbox. We just launched Paid Subscriptions now that I officially went full-time and am currently running a 40% discount launch special. Paid Subscribers will get ‘live’ reporting on economic events, audio discussions of articles and ad-hoc economic analyses.<
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