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| Title: | The Wage Earnings Impact of Historically Black Colleges and Universities |
| Authors: | Mykerezi, Elton
Mills, Bradford F. |
| Authors (Email): | Mykerezi, Elton (myker001@umn.edu)
Mills, Bradford F. (bfmills@vt.edu) |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Series/Report no.: | Selected Paper |
| Abstract: | The impact on wages from blacks' attendance of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) versus other colleges is examined using geo-coded National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 data. The paper reconciles seemingly conflicting findings in previous studies by estimating wage profiles over time, rather than by estimating wages at a single point in time. Estimates indicate that black males show no initial wage advantage as a result of HBCU attendance, but their wages increase 1.4-1.5% faster per year after attending HBCUs compared to other colleges. This faster growth generates discounted career earnings from HBCU attendance that are 9.6% higher for HBCU attendees and 8.9% higher for the average four-year college black student. For black females, HBCU attendance has no significant impact on initial wages or on subsequent wage growth. |
| Notes: | Paper removed by author. Please see the current version in the July 2008 issue of the Southern Economic Journal, Volume 75, Number 1, pages 173-187. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/21471 |
| Institution/Association: | American Agricultural Economics Association>2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA |
| Total Pages: | 30 |
| Language: | English |
| Collections: | 2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA
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