Study Hard to Find If Harvard Pays Off: Laurence Kotlikoff
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The notion that education pays and that better education pays better is taken for granted by almost everyone. For college professors like me, this is a very convenient idea, providing a high and growing demand for our services. Unfortunately, the facts seem to disagree. A recent study by economists Stacy Dale and Alan Krueger showed that going to more selective colleges and universities makes little difference to future income once one accounts for the underlying ability of the student. Their work confirms other studies that find no financial benefit to attending top-tier schools.
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Comment: Like medicine, it is now education that has become heavily overpriced and the reason is the usula suspect: massive overnment involvement.
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