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Shehryar Nabi

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Is a Skill Signaling Gap Worsening Economic Inequality?

March 30th, 2021 - Shehryar Nabi

Since the 1970s, the United States has experienced growing inequality as the wealthy increased their total income share while the middle class shrunk. One of the most important explanations of this phenomenon is rising college premiums coupled with stagnant re... More »

One Intervention Is Not Enough: How Continued Human Capital Investments Reduce Inequality

September 7th, 2020 - Shehryar Nabi

How can we use education investments to reduce economic inequality and break intergenerational cycles of poverty? Research conducted by Rucker C. Johnson and Kirabo Jackson published in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy suggests that continuous ed... More »