Zachary Bleemer

@zbleemer

Assistant Professor of Economics @PrincetonEcon and @nberpubs. Faculty Associate @OppInsights. Research tweets on economic mobility and education.

Princeton, NJ zacharybleemer.com Joined April 2008

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Zachary Bleemer @zbleemer May 19, 2025

New study: The relative wage premium for going to college has halved for low-income Americans since 1960.

What is to blame? Rising selectivity? Tuition hikes? State disinvestment? We decompose changes in the premium since 1900 to find out.

🧵#EconTwitter nber.org/papers/w33797

Zachary Bleemer @zbleemer 4d

US higher education is organized by the "meritocratic consensus": students with greater pre-college academic achievement should attend better-funded universities.

When and why did the consensus arise? Is it economically justified? A 🧵 on our new study: aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

www.aeaweb.org The Meritocratic Consensus and Stratification in Higher Education American colleges and universities are highly stratified by pre-college academic achievement, family background, and institutional resources. We study the meritocratic consensus in American higher...

Zachary Bleemer @zbleemer Sep 15

Come present your research at the SOLE annual conference this spring! There will be special consideration for papers on higher education and the labor market.

sole-jole.org/assets/2027/SO…

Zachary Bleemer @zbleemer Sep 9

Have questions about standardized tests and college admissions in the US? Jesse Rothstein has answers: escholarship.org/uc/item/6kx2q4…

Zachary Bleemer @zbleemer Mar 2

*New study* Most Americans today grow up in college. A century ago, most young men grew up in the military.

I study the Vietnam draft to see how integrated service affected white and minority veterans: who they marry, where they live, and how they vote.

nber.org/papers/w34900