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12 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 6 May \ parent \ on: Real median wages grew 29% since 1979 charts_and_numbers
No, it doesn't. "Real" means adjusted for CPI, which has a bunch of factors.
Education costs are rising much faster than CPI, so deflating by CPI gives an overestimate of wage increase net education expense.
Also, if wages are higher because people spend more time in school, all of those foregone earnings are missed, because you don't count as a zero in the wage calculation while you're not working.