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Griffin, Peter; Ganderton, Philip T. – Economics of Education Review, 1996
Using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data, this study finds that education rates of return vary across racial/ethnic groups because of differing human capital investments made by families in each group. School quality also matters. Nearly the entire white/black earnings gap would disappear if black children had school and home…
Descriptors: Blacks, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education