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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Labor Econ. 2016 Feb 11;34(Suppl 2):s31–s65. doi: 10.1086/684121

Table 2.

Mean Rates of Return per Year of College by Schooling Group

NLS/66 NLSY/79
Schooling Group Mean Returns Standard Error Mean Returns Standard Error
High School Graduates 0.0592 0.0046 0.0955 0.0063
College Graduates 0.0877 0.0070 0.1355 0.0080
Individuals at the Margin 0.0750 0.0178 0.1184 0.0216