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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPeople Living Below the Income Poverty Line Today are Better Educated than Ever
John Schmitt and Janelle Jones' Low Wage Workers Are Older and Better Educated than Ever, a CEPR report published in April, found that ... well, their title really says it all. The report got me interested in looking at whether working-age adults with incomes below the federal poverty line are also much better educated than in the past. Not surprisingly, the answer is "yes, much better educated." As the chart below shows, among middle-aged workers living below the income poverty line, nearly one-third had at least some college or a Bachelor's Degree in 2010, more than twice the share in 1979. And the share without a high school diploma has fallen by nearly half. A take-away point: Increasing educational attainment by itself is not at all sufficient to reduce inequality and income poverty we need stronger labor market institutions, particularly ones that increase workers' bargaining power to address these issues.
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People Living Below the Income Poverty Line Today are Better Educated than Ever (Original Post)
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Jul 2012
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ananda
(28,783 posts)1. Occupy.
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Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)2. But the TV shows say they are all dumb and lazy.
Repo Games.
But if you are willing to debase yourself you are a good person.
Fear Factor.