My Mother Told Me That I Needed to Go to College

question 103

Multiple Choice

My mother told me that I needed to go to college because it would be the only way I could get a high-paying job. What economic theory would justify her advice?

• A) efficiency wage
• B) compensating differential
• C) life-cycle wage pattern
• D) human capital
• E) occupational crowding

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