Date of Award
2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
First Advisor
Qi Ge
Abstract
My paper analyzes the impact that different levels of education and undergraduate degree fields have on earnings. I use Census data from the 2017 American Community Survey and employ OLS regression specifications that include control variables such as gender, age and industry of job. Overall, I find that a professional degree and an undergraduate degree in a STEM field have the highest returns on earnings. My research can be used to better understand the returns from the different levels of education and degree fields from a comparative perspective. This is especially important at a time when the costs of higher education are increasing.
Recommended Citation
Bernhofen, Sonja, "What Impact does Education and Undergraduate Degree Field Have on Earnings?" (2019). Economics Student Theses and Capstone Projects. 102.
https://creativematter.skidmore.edu/econ_studt_schol/102