The College Wealth Divide: Education and Inequality in America, 1956-2016

2020/01/01 by Alina K. Bartscher, Moritz Kuhn, Moritz Schularick · 1 citation
Business, Management and Accounting · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis #Housing Market and Economics #Higher Education Research Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.20955/r.102.19-49

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Abstract

Using new long-run microdata, this article studies wealth and income trends of households with a college degree and without a college degree in the United States since 1956. It documents the emergence of a substantial college wealth premium since the 1980s, which is considerably larger than the college income premium. 

Citations

• Wealth Inequality in the United States since 1913: Evidence from Capitalized Income Tax Data *
• Can Falling Supply Explain the Rising Return to College for Younger Men? A Cohort-Based Analysis
• Generations of Advantage. Multigenerational Correlations in Family Wealth
• The Economic Importance of Financial Literacy: Theory and Evidence

Cited by

• Moritz Schularick [wikipedia]