This first chart shows the relationship between income inequality and test performance on prose literacy. In the US, people who are bad at written and verbal communication skills are at a huge disadvantage. The second chart shows that in the US and China family plays the most important role in educational achievement and, as a consequence, in future earnings.
Source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27647039. The role of cognitive skills in economic development.
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