Qualitative mismatches arise when the qualifications or skills of workers, individually or in
the aggregate, are different from the qualifications or skills required or specified for their …

Rising costs of and returns to college have led to sizeable increases in the demand for
student loans in many countries. In the USA, student loan default rates have also risen for …

This paper evaluates the role of rising income inequality in explaining observed growth in
college tuition. We develop a competitive model of the college market, in which college …

With the increasing pressure of energy exhaustion and environmental degradation,
environmental regulation is considered as a strategy to achieve sustainable development …

Despite increases in the college earnings premium to persistently high levels, investment in
college education remains low. We can understand this apparent puzzle by considering the …

Over the past 50 years, Japan has witnessed a dramatic decline in fertility and marriage
rates, along with a rise in educational attainment, particularly among women. Married …

Going to college has long conferred a large wage premium. We show that the relative
premium received by lower-income college-goers has halved since the 1960s. We …

The large increase in the skill premium has led many policy makers to propose increasing
college subsidies as a strategy to increase college enrollment and reduce inequality …

Internet access in China has sharply increased, but the potential effect of internet access on
rural households' income and inequality in developing countries could be more complex. To …

The US higher education system is on the verge of a revolution, so some observers claim.
Archibald and Feldman, leading analysts, provide an incisive overview of the challenges …