Table 4.44

Trends in education wage gaps, key wage group wage gaps, and relative supply of education, 1979–2011

Average annual change
1979 1995 2007 2011 1979–1995 1995–2007 1995–2011
Education wage gaps*
College/high school 23.5% 42.5% 46.4% 46.9% 1.19 0.33 0.28
Advanced degree/high school 32.4 62.3 66.6 69.6 1.87 0.35 0.46
College or more/noncollege 28.9 46.1 49.2 50.9 1.08 0.26 0.30
High school/less than high school 21.0 27.4 26.0 27.6 0.40 -0.11 0.01
Wage group wage gaps**
50/10 (hourly) 57.8% 69.4% 66.3% 67.7% 0.72 -0.25 -0.10
95/50 (hourly) 86.9 101.8 110.2 113.0 0.93 0.70 0.70
Top 1.0/90th–95th (annual) 122.4 164.1 187.2 175.5 2.61 1.92 0.71
Relative supply (share of employment)
College only (1) 12.7% 17.3% 20.9% 21.9% 0.29 0.30 0.29
Advanced degree (2) 6.0 8.1 10.1 11.3 0.13 0.17 0.20
College or more (1 + 2) 18.6 25.4 31.0 33.2 0.42 0.46 0.49

* Log point gaps based on regression-adjusted models with human capital controls

** Change in unadjusted log point wage gaps

Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata and Tables 4.4 and 4.8 in this chapter

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