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ERIC Number: EJ560276
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0883-0355
Nonmarket Outcomes of Schooling.
Wolfe, Barbara; Zuvekas, Samuel
International Journal of Educational Research, v27 n6 p491-501 1997
Evaluations of the appropriate level of investment in schooling have typically focused on market outcomes, but in this chapter the focus is on nonmarket effects, which add to the returns to schooling and must be considered in evaluating the optimum level of public-sector investment in education. A model is presented to estimate these returns. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education, Free Enterprise System, Higher Education, Models, Outcomes of Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Return on Investment
Note: Theme issue titled "Recent Advances in Measuring the Social and Individual Benefits of Education" edited by Walter W. McMahon.