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Human Capital and Earning or You Earn What You Learn

Explore the link between education, training, and earnings to maximize human capital. Learn about opportunity occupations and factors influencing career decisions. Engaging program for middle school students.

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Human Capital and Earning or You Earn What You Learn

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  1. New Orleans Branch Human Capital and EarningorYou Earn What You Learn Claire A. Loup 8th Annual Financial Education Boot Camp Baton Rouge, Louisiana Presented by: Claire A. Loup Sr. Economic & Financial Education SpecialistNew Orleans Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Claire.Loup@atl.frb.org

  2. The opinions expressed are the those of the presenter, and not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta or the Federal Reserve System.

  3. A Simple Task

  4. Human capital is… • Knowledge • Talent • Experience • Skill How is human capital developed? Education and training

  5. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm.

  6. By 2020, 65 percent of all jobs in the economy will require postsecondary education and training beyond high school. https://cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Recovery2020.ES_.Web_.pdf

  7. https://www.frbatlanta.org/education/publications/extra-credit/2016/spring/lessons-and-activities/high-school/personal-finance/teaching-human-capital.aspxhttps://www.frbatlanta.org/education/publications/extra-credit/2016/spring/lessons-and-activities/high-school/personal-finance/teaching-human-capital.aspx

  8. Opportunity Occupations

  9. https://www.frbatlanta.org/education/publications/extra-credit/2017/fall/lessons-and-activities/high-school/basic-economic-concepts/opportunity-occupations-infographic-activity.aspxhttps://www.frbatlanta.org/education/publications/extra-credit/2017/fall/lessons-and-activities/high-school/basic-economic-concepts/opportunity-occupations-infographic-activity.aspx

  10. What percentage of people over the age of 25 had a bachelor’s degree? • What percentage of people over the age of 25 had only a high school diploma? • What was the unemployment rate for people with a bachelor’s degree or higher? • What was the unemployment rate for people with only a high school diploma? • What level of educational attainment resulted in the highest median annual earnings? • What percentage of the state’s residents over 25 lack associate’s or bachelor’s degrees? • How does a worker’s educational attainment relate to his or her rate of unemployment and median earnings? How might these relationships affect a worker’s decision making and/or choices?

  11. Registered nurses had the highest annual median wage in 2014 in 10 of the 12 metropolitan areas. • Assume that you are mobile and trained as an R.N. Where do you want to live? • What factors are you likely to consider when deciding where to live?

  12. Program Features • Designed for easy classroom implementation • Instructor-led program • Targeted for 7th to 9th grade students • Consumable student workbook • Detailed instructor handbook

  13. Six Units

  14. www.bls.gov/ooh

  15. bigfuture.collegeboard.org

  16. New Orleans Branch Human Capital and EarningorYou Earn What You Learn Claire A. Loup 8th Annual Financial Education Boot Camp Baton Rouge, Louisiana Presented by: Claire A. Loup Sr. Economic & Financial Education SpecialistNew Orleans Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Claire.Loup@atl.frb.org

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