Education, Skills, and Technical Change
Implications for Future US GDP Growth
576 pages
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165 line drawings, 61 tables
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© 2019
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Table of Contents
Contents
Prefatory Note
Introduction
Charles R. Hulten and Valerie A. Ramey
I. The Macroeconomic Link between Education and Real GDP Growth
1. Educational Attainment and the Revival of US Economic Growth
Dale W. Jorgenson, Mun S. Ho, and Jon D. Samuels
2. The Outlook for US Labor-Quality Growth
Canyon Bosler, Mary C. Daly, John G. Fernald, and Bart Hobijn
Comment on Chapters 1 and 2: Douglas W. Elmendorf
3. The Importance of Education and Skill Development for Economic Growth in the Information Era
Charles R. Hulten
II. Jobs and Skills Requirements
4. Underemployment in the Early Careers of College Graduates following the Great Recession
Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz
5. The Requirements of Jobs: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey
Maury Gittleman, Kristen Monaco, and Nicole Nestoriak
III. Skills, Inequality, and Polarization
6. Noncognitive Skills as Human Capital
Shelly Lundberg
Comment: David J. Deming
7. Wage Inequality and Cognitive Skills: Reopening the Debate
Stijn Broecke, Glenda Quintini, and Marieke Vandeweyer
Comment: Frank Levy
8. Education and the Growth-Equity Trade-Off
Eric A. Hanushek
9. Recent Flattening in the Higher Education Wage Premium: Polarization, Skill Downgrading, or Both?
Robert G. Valletta
Comment: David Autor
IV. The Supply of Skills
10. Accounting for the Rise in College Tuition
Grey Gordon and Aaron Hedlund
Comment: Sandy Baum
11. Online Postsecondary Education and Labor Productivity
Caroline M. Hoxby
Comment: Nora Gordon
12. High-Skilled Immigration and the Rise of STEM Occupations in US Employment
Gordon H. Hanson and Matthew J. Slaughter
Comment: John Bound
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
Introduction
Charles R. Hulten and Valerie A. Ramey
I. The Macroeconomic Link between Education and Real GDP Growth
1. Educational Attainment and the Revival of US Economic Growth
Dale W. Jorgenson, Mun S. Ho, and Jon D. Samuels
2. The Outlook for US Labor-Quality Growth
Canyon Bosler, Mary C. Daly, John G. Fernald, and Bart Hobijn
Comment on Chapters 1 and 2: Douglas W. Elmendorf
3. The Importance of Education and Skill Development for Economic Growth in the Information Era
Charles R. Hulten
II. Jobs and Skills Requirements
4. Underemployment in the Early Careers of College Graduates following the Great Recession
Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz
5. The Requirements of Jobs: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey
Maury Gittleman, Kristen Monaco, and Nicole Nestoriak
III. Skills, Inequality, and Polarization
6. Noncognitive Skills as Human Capital
Shelly Lundberg
Comment: David J. Deming
7. Wage Inequality and Cognitive Skills: Reopening the Debate
Stijn Broecke, Glenda Quintini, and Marieke Vandeweyer
Comment: Frank Levy
8. Education and the Growth-Equity Trade-Off
Eric A. Hanushek
9. Recent Flattening in the Higher Education Wage Premium: Polarization, Skill Downgrading, or Both?
Robert G. Valletta
Comment: David Autor
IV. The Supply of Skills
10. Accounting for the Rise in College Tuition
Grey Gordon and Aaron Hedlund
Comment: Sandy Baum
11. Online Postsecondary Education and Labor Productivity
Caroline M. Hoxby
Comment: Nora Gordon
12. High-Skilled Immigration and the Rise of STEM Occupations in US Employment
Gordon H. Hanson and Matthew J. Slaughter
Comment: John Bound
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
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