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The Effects of Educational Attainment on Salaries for Post-Secondary Degree Holders

As a retired educator and having spent the great majority of my career in higher education I am always curious about how post-secondary education effects the lives of those who have attained a degree in higher education. A few days ago I learned about “NSF SESTAT 2008 … Continue reading

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The Influence of Educational Attainment, Occupational Status, Sex, Age and Race on Personal Income – Part II

Yesterday I presented a multiple regression analysis of the influence of educational attainment, occupational standing, sex, age and race on total personal income.  Today I will summarize the results of a multivariate logistic regression on the probability of earning an above … Continue reading

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The Influence of Educational Attainment, Occupational Status, Sex, Age and Race on Personal Income – Part I

Part I -The Influence of Educational Attainment, Occupational Status, Sex, Age and Race on Personal Income What accounts for the variance in personal income? To provide an answer I downloaded the recent IPUMS dataset (2011) with the following variables: personal income, … Continue reading

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