In the first half of the 20th century, the high
school wage premium, the amount of money high school graduates earned greater than those who hadn't graduated, declined.
Not exact matches
Public
school teachers who teach in their areas of certification earn a substantial
wage premium, 9 percent, compared with a
premium that is not meaningfully different from zero for charter teachers and a 2 percent
premium for private
school teachers.
The Social Market Foundation (SMF) study suggests that a significant «
wage premium» exists for those who attend fee - paying
schools.
The resulting shortage of college - educated workers has driven up the
wage premium for postsecondary education: Workers with bachelor's degrees earned 74 percent more than those with high
school diplomas in 2010, compared with 40 percent more in 1980.
«In the late 1970s, the median
wage was 40 % higher for college graduates than for people with more than a high
school degree; now the
wage premium is about 80 %,» it says.
My colleague here at the
School of HRM at York, Tony Fang, found a while back that the union
wage premium in Canada is about 7.7 % (see page 13), meaning that unionized workers earn that much more on average than nonunion workers.
Traffic ticket violations can be expensive for teens who work low -
wage, part - time, summer jobs and traffic tickets can lead to points on a driver's license record, community service, traffic
school, restricted driving rights, and increased insurance
premiums.