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Closing the education gap : benefits and costs /

How much would it cost and what would the benefits be if blacks and Hispanics graduated from high school, went to college, and graduated from college at the same rate as non-Hispanic whites? The answer to this important question for the future of the nation is explored in this report. The costs of e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vernez, Georges
Otros Autores: Krop, Richard A., 1962-, Rydell, C. Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Public Benefits of Education
  • The RAND Education Simulation Model
  • Effects of Demographic Change on Educational Attainment
  • Costs and Benefits of Closing the Educational Attainment Gap for Blacks and Hispanics
  • Effects of Immigration on Education
  • Discussion and Next Steps
  • Appendix A: Data Used to Estimate Public Program Benefits
  • Appendix B: Estimated Relationships Between Educational Attainment and Spending on Social Programs
  • Appendix C: The Elderly: a Special Case
  • Appendix D: Savings in Program Expenditures and Increases in Tax Revenues and Disposable Income Associated with Increased Educational Attainment
  • Appendix E: Education Flow Rates
  • Appendix F: Annual Flows for Births, Deaths, and Immigration
  • Appendix G: Education Cost Estimates
  • Appendix H: Adult Population in 1990 and Projected to 2015
  • Appendix I: Estimates of Costs and Benefits.