The Private Benefits of Higher Education: An Examination of the Earnings Premium

By Laura W. Perna. 2003

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Financial Aid and Student Dropout in Higher Education: A Heterogeneous Research Approach (2008, background): “Research in the United States has established that investment in higher education is beneficial to individuals (Berger, 1992; Perna, 2003), society (Bowen, 1997), and economic development (Bowen, 1997; Paulsen, 1998), and also reduces inequality in human conditions (Anderson & Hearn, 1992; Bowen, 19”
Effects of Exposure to Part-time Faculty on Community College Transfer (2008, background): “Economists suggest that individuals’ anticipated private return on investment in education has the strongest influence on their college-going behavior (Douglass 1997; Perna 2003).”
What Matters to Student Success: A Review of the Literature (2006, background): “1995; Pascarella and Terenzini 2005), with the effects on earnings appearing to be comparable for women and men, all racial groups, and across all SES levels (Perna 2003).”
STUDYING COLLEGE ACCESS AND CHOICE: A PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL MODEL (2006, background): “Nonetheless, research shows that earnings are higher for college graduates than for high school graduates, even after controlling for these characteristics (e.g., Perna, 2003).”
How College Affects Students: Ten Directions for Future Research (2006, unknown): “…labormarket success and personal life after college (e.g., Baum & Payea, 2004; Boesel & Fredland, 1999; Ehrenberg, 2004; Hartog & Oosterbeek, 1998; Knox, Lindsay, & Kolb, 1993; Leslie & Brinkman, 1988; Pascarella & Terenzini, 1991, 2005; Paulsen, 1998; Perna, 2003, 2005; Rowley & Hurtado, 2003).”
The Benefits of Higher Education: Sex, Racial/Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Group Differences (2005, methodology): “Some researchers have responded to the challenges that are associated with measuring benefits by focusing on one economic benefit of higher education: earnings (Kane, 1999; Leslie & Brinkman, 1988; Perna, 2003).”