In a piece appearing on May 17 in the Chronicle of Higher Education titled "Yes, College Is ‘Worth It,’ One Researcher Says. It’s Just Worth More if You’re Rich," Institute economist Brad Hershbein discusses his work, coauthored with Timothy J. Bartik, on whether students from low-income backgrounds benefit from college education. In the interview with reporter Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz, Hershbein responds to a recent op-ed in the New York Times on the value of a college education for students from poor backgrounds and discusses the findings published in a recent Upjohn Institute working paper.
Read "Degrees of Poverty: The Relationship between Family Income Background and the Returns to Education" by Timothy J. Bartik and Brad Hershbein.