Always interested in the relationship between educational attainment and the labor market, I decided to examine new hires by educational level over the past decade. Because this information could be subject to misinterpretation, let me clearly lay out the scope and nature of the data.
- This data covers only individuals 25 years and older. Due to young people’s propensity to change employment, these hires represent only about 60 percent of total hires.
- A worker’s personal education attainment determines the educational category, not the job requirements. For example a person with a PhD might be hired as a cashier.
- To simplify analysis, I used the share of hires with a bachelor’s degree or higher as a percentage of total hires. Because of the seasonal nature of the data, I also used a four-quarter moving average to explore trends.
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