A worker's education and an appropriate job requiring education or training are significant determinants of earnings. Qualifying training and training taken to improve skills play different roles in the workplace, but both contribute to greater earnings. (Author)

Recent statistics on the employment status of workers as it relates to their educational attainment show that even in a sluggish economy, higher education provides a considerable advantage in the job market. (JOW)

Summarizes National Longitudinal Survey data used by economists, sociologists, and other researchers to examine such policy issues as employment and earnings; educational experience, achievement, and the transition from school to work; training programs; geographic mobility; relationships between the workplace and the well-being of the family;…