Graduate and professional education play an increasingly important role in economic
inequality and elite formation in the United States, but sociologists have not subjected …

This article reviews the recent literature on the determinants of college major choices. We
first highlight long-term trends and persistent differences in college major choices by gender …

As the workforce has become more educated, educational decisions are about what type of
education to pursue as well as how much to pursue. In college, individuals somewhat …

We measure impacts of entry conditions on labor market outcomes for the US college
graduating classes of 1974–2011. A large recession reduces initial earnings by 10 …

Wage inequality has been significantly higher in the US than in continental European
countries (CEU) since the 1970s. Moreover, this inequality gap has further widened during …

College major choice varies substantially by gender, race, and ethnicity among college
graduates. This study investigates whether these differences are present at the start of the …

Abstract Using the 2000/01 Baccalaureate & Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B: 00/01), this
paper employs multilevel modeling to test a conceptual model of graduate school choice …

While student loans provide college opportunity for many, undergraduate student debt
resulting from typical and heavy borrowing hinders future investments in human capital …

How does personal exposure to economic conditions affect individual human capital
investment choices? Focusing on bachelor's degree recipients, we find that cohorts exposed …

Despite post‐college degree holders now making up nearly 15% of the US adult workforce,
studies of their labour market performance remain sparse. This is surprising given that they …