When Average Isn't Good Enough: Simpson's Paradox in Education and Earnings¶
Owens, L., & Sawhill, I. (2017). When Average Isn't Good Enough: Simpson's Paradox in Education and Earnings: Simpson's Paradox in Education and Earnings.
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- Simpson–Yule Effect
- And in economics, a national wage statistic can fall while wages rise within every occupation, because the occupational mix shifts toward lower-paid work.
This sourceDocuments the economics composition effect as Simpson's paradox: median wages fell within every education subgroup while the overall median rose (and vice-versa for occupation mix), because the workforce composition shifted — the aggregate moves opposite to every within-group trend.
- And in economics, a national wage statistic can fall while wages rise within every occupation, because the occupational mix shifts toward lower-paid work.
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