Between 1992 and 2000, real earnings-median earnings adjusted for inflation-rose 6 percent for full-time wage and salary workers ages 25 to 64 with a bachelor's degree (Dohm, A. & Wyatt, I., 2002). ... According to a current population survey (http://www.census.gov/) of men and women 25 and older, the premium to a bachelor's degree in the United States has increased during the last part of the twentieth century. ... In contrast, for the five-year period 1992-96, men and women with a bachelor's degree had an average annual earnings advantage of 79.8% over men and women with a hig...

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Life earnings estimates are created by using the working population's 1-year annual earnings and summing their age-specific average earnings for people aged twenty-five to sixty-four. ... According to the same Occupational Outlook Quarterly, workers age twenty-four to thirty-four years old holding college degrees rose from 26% to 33% between 1992 and 2000. ...

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Los Angeles County was the fastest growing county in the country from 1980 to 1992. ... Many population centers are located in areas prone to earthquakes, floods, landslides, and mudflows. Increase population growth in Southern California puts tremendous pressure on the environment. ... With the increase population growth in the foothills, developers have altered hillsides and drainage systems, replaced absorbent topsoil's with runoff-causing asphalt. ...

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