Question

A person who gets a college degree generally has a _______ slope to their earnings curve compared to a similar person who does not complete high school.

Answer 1

The person has a positive slope.This kind of slope moves upward on a graph that is, from the left to the right.This means that for the person who has a college degree,their earnings are increasing because they have a source of income, because those from high school do not have any source of income.