I would bet a goodly sum of money that if you picked at random ten tenured economists from top-20 economics departments, and asked them to list what an 18-year-old should do to increase his chances of getting high wages, a majority would say “go to college.” There also exists a marriage wage premium, which is roughly as significant and as consistent as the college wage premium. But economists rarely talk about it.
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