TY - BOOK ID - 78142548 TI - Does quality pay? PY - 2005 SN - 1283608081 9786613920539 1135923183 0203943325 9781135923181 041597514X 9780415975148 9780203943328 9781135923136 9781135923174 9780415803366 1135923175 PB - New York Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Universities and colleges KW - Wages KW - Compensation KW - Departmental salaries KW - Earnings KW - Pay KW - Remuneration KW - Salaries KW - Wage-fund KW - Wage rates KW - Working class KW - Income KW - Labor costs KW - Compensation management KW - Cost and standard of living KW - Prices KW - Colleges KW - Degree-granting institutions KW - Higher education institutions KW - Higher education providers KW - Institutions of higher education KW - Postsecondary institutions KW - Public institutions KW - Schools KW - Education, Higher KW - Evaluation. KW - College graduates KW - Effect of education on UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78142548 AB - Previous research has generally shown a very small although statistically significant economic benefit from attending high-quality colleges. This small effect was at odds with what students' college choice and various social theories would seem to suggest. This study sought to reconcile the empirical evidence and theories. The effort was in two directions. First, the economic effect of college quality was expanded from examining only the economic benefit to considering other student outcomes including job satisfaction and graduate degree accomplishment. A new perspective regarding the socia ER -