New research from the University of Cincinnati indicates that higher levels of degree attainment in a region can boost employment for everyone - even the less-educated.
For each 10 percent rise in the number of residents with a four-year college degree, the average overall employment rate in United States metropolitan areas rose by 2 percent between 1980 and the year 2000.
That employment rate benefited some of the least educated the most dramatically. For instance, every 10 percent rise in an area's four-year college degree attainment boosted the employment rate for women with either a high school diploma or even less education by 3.2 percent.
The research was published in the
Journal of Economic Geograph and is based on an analysis of U.S. census data.
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