Question

what does this figure show?

Trends in the Present Discounted Value (PDV) of High School and College Earnings Net of Tuition A: Men 1,600,0001 1,400,000 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 00,000 400,000 l PDV earnings, high school gradiste, men PDV carnings.college gracuate men 200.000 1965 1970 197519801985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 B: Women 1.200,0001 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000 亠PDV c ar nings, high school graduate, women PDV earnings, college gralaate, wumen 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 Netes Expected earnings are calculated from the Match Current Population Survey files for full-time. fullyear workers using sample weights, assuming 42 years of work experience per person. Results for collegeeducated workers are net of four years of tuition and fees associated with appropriate year- specific values for public universties.

Answer 1

This figure shows the trends in the present discounted Value of high school and college earnings net of tuition. The first figure shows the present discounted value for men and the second figure shows the present discounted value for women.

The blue line in both the figures show the PDV in schools and the red line shows the PDV in colleges.

The constant dollars have been higher for men starting from 800000 whereas for the females it has been in between 400000 to 600000 in the high school. For women PDV has been quite consistent and increasing whereas for men it hasn't affected much and remained near 800000.

PDV for men in college has also been higher than women. It increased till the 1975 and then reduced with variations till the 2000 and increased afterwards. For women it started at around 600000 and has been increasing from there on reaching 1000000 around 2005.