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Title: Why Does Education Attainment Differ Across U.S. States

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Publication Year: 2004

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Abstract: The fraction of persons holding a college degree differs nearly two-fold across U.S. states. This paper documents data related to state educational attainment differences and explores possible explanations. It shows that highly educated states employ skill-biased technologies, specialize in skill-intensive industries, but do not pay lower skill premia than do less educated states. Moreover, measures of urbanization and population density are positively related to educational attainment. Theories based on agglomeration economies offer natural explanations for these observations.

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Authors: Hendricks, Lutz

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Publication Number: 1335

Institution: UNC Chapel Hill Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education

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