get_non_high_school_wage_penalty

<p><code>NULL</code> or <code>g</code> for a parition by gender</p>

<p>A regression-based non-high school wage penalty of 21.8 percent means that on average
workers without a high school diploma are paid 21.8 percent less per hour than workers
with a high school diploma, all else held equal (controlling for gender, race and
ethnicity, education, experience, and geographic location).</p>

The Economic Policy Institute (<https://www.epi.org/>) provides
researchers, media, and the public with easily accessible, up-to-date, and
comprehensive historical data on the American labor force. It is compiled
from Economic Policy Institute analysis of government data sources. Use
it to research wages, inequality, and other economic indicators over time
and among demographic groups. Data is usually updated monthly.

Bob Rudis

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get_non_high_school_wage_penalty function

Retreive the percent by which hourly wages of workers without a high school diploma
(or equivalent) are less than wages of otherwise equivalent workers who have graduated
from high school — get_non_high_school_wage_penalty

Retreive the percent by which hourly wages of workers without a high school diploma
(or equivalent) are less than wages of otherwise equivalent workers who have graduated
from high school

get_non_high_school_wage_penalty: Retreive the percent by which hourly wages of workers without a high school diploma (or equivalent) are less than wages of otherwise equivalent workers who have graduated from high school

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