Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-1997

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Monthly Labor Review

Abstract

Analysis of a new data base to study occupations and employment reveals a surplus of university graduates and a movement of many of these individuals, especially those with lower functional literacy, into high-school-level jobs; only university graduates with literacy skills commensurate with their education have received rising wages.

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Monthly Labor Review is published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; all text, charts, and tables are in the public domain and, with proper credit, may be reproduced without permission. Photographs are copyright protected and used by BLS under a subscription service with Shutterstock.

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