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ERIC Number: EJ560275
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0883-0355
Recent Research on Market Returns to Education.
Carnoy, Martin
International Journal of Educational Research, v27 n6 p483-90 1997
Various types of recent research studies using data on twins, from longitudinal surveys of different cohorts, and cross-section data on earnings, all suggest that the payoff to schooling in the United States is high and especially high for investment in college. Discusses why this is so. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Income, Longitudinal Studies, Outcomes of Education, Research Reports, Twins
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Rate of Return; Return on Investment
Note: Theme issues titled "Recent Advances in Measuring the Social and Individual Benefits of Education" edited by Walter W. McMahon.