William H. J. Hubbard

Publications (3)2.69 Total impact

• Article: The Market for College Graduates and the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women

  Gary S. Becker, Kevin M. Murphy, William H. J. Hubbard
  American Economic Review 100(2):229-33. · 2.69 Impact Factor
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  Article: Explaining the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women

  Gary S. Becker, William H. J. Hubbard, Kevin M. Murphy
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  ABSTRACT: The last 40 years have witnessed a remarkable boom in higher education, particularly of women. Today in most higher-income countries and many lower-income countries, more women than men complete tertiary education. We present a model of the market for college graduates in which supply is a function of the distribution of the costs and benefits of college across individuals. We find little evidence that benefits are higher for women. It appears that differences in the total costs of college for women and men—primarily differences in the distributions of noncognitive skills—explain the overtaking of men by women in higher education.
  Journal of Human Capital 4(3):203-203.
• Article: The Phantom Gender Difference in the College Wage Premium

  William H. J. Hubbard
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  ABSTRACT: A growing literature seeks to explain why so many more women than men now attend college. A commonly cited stylized fact is that the college wage premium is, and has been, higher for women than for men. After identifying and correcting a bias in estimates of college wage premiums, I find that there has been essentially no gender difference in the college wage premium for at least a decade. A similar pattern appears in quantile wage regressions and for advanced degree wage premiums.
  Journal of Human Resources. 46(3).