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'43% of recent college grads are underemployed'? A cynic might rephrase as '43% of a trillion-dollar industry's customers were swindled out of massive amounts of money by false promises and media hype about the economic value of a college degree'https://twitter.com/FT/status/1061861920632922112 …
PS any economic studies on the 'earnings benefits of a college degree' that don't control for IQ are probably just be picking up credential/signaling effects, not 'human capital'/education benefits.
Do you think this applies to graduate degrees as well? I'm thinking of getting a mechanical engineering masters.
IMHO I think master's in engineering are generally worthwhile, and are probably valid credentials of having learned useful things.
Controlling for IQ not enough since degrees probably signal conscientiousness/conformity just as much.
Correct
Yes, like @bryan_caplan points out
bingo!
It's not about IQ. It's about initiative. If you want to succeed, you have to take your college career seriously, not just do the bare minimum to get a degree in a major that has few career opportunities.
If you work in something like “financial services” intelligence can make you see what you’re selling is actually worthless and demotivate you, while those who are clueless go on hawking it enthusiastically
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