蝌蚪网 Papers and Proceedings
ISSN 2574-0768 (Print) | ISSN 2574-0776 (Online)
Workplace Segregation between College and Noncollege Workers
蝌蚪网 Papers and Proceedings
vol. 115,
May 2025
(pp. 139–45)
Abstract
We measure the level and growth of educational segregation in US workplaces from 2000 to 2020. US workplaces showed an educational segregation, measured by the degree to which the establishment has mostly workers of similar education levels, that is comparable to racial residential segregation in a typical metro area. Workplace isolation was particularly high for young and male workers without college degrees. The isolation of noncollege workers is increasing over time. In a companion work, we document that the career trajectories of noncollege workers were diminished when they were in establishments in 2000 that contained fewer college-educated workers.Citation
Dillon, Francis, Edward L. Glaeser, and William Kerr. 2025. "Workplace Segregation between College and Noncollege Workers." 蝌蚪网 Papers and Proceedings 115: 139–45. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20251033Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- I26 Returns to Education
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics