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Title: Career Patterns of College Graduates in a Declining Job Market
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1. Freeman, Richard B.
Career Patterns of College Graduates in a Declining Job Market
Discussion Paper No. 850, Harvard Institute of Economic Research, Havard University, Cambridge MA, 1981
Cohort(s): Young Men
Publisher: Harvard Institute of Economic Research
Keyword(s): Career Patterns; College Graduates; Earnings; Overeducation

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This study examines the earnings growth of college graduates relative to high school graduates in the depressed market of the 1970s. Evidence does not support the conclusion that young graduates who suffered economic losses will recover the traditional college advantage as time proceeds. Finally, divergencies between cross-section and longitudinal income profiles in the period were found, which raises doubts about the use of cross-sectional data as a method of approximating true longitudinal income profiles.
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Freeman, Richard B. "Career Patterns of College Graduates in a Declining Job Market." Discussion Paper No. 850, Harvard Institute of Economic Research, Havard University, Cambridge MA, 1981.