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The social benefits of education /

For decades, the primary argument in justifying education has been based on its direct economic effects. Yet education also provides "social benefits" for individuals and society at large, including a better way of taking care of ourselves and consequently creating a better society to live...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Behrman, Jere Richard, 1940-, Stacey, Nevzer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1997.
Colección:Economics of education.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Jere R. Behrman, David L. Crawford, and Nevzer Stacey
  • The benefits of education and the formation of preferences / Kenneth J. Arrow
  • Conceptual and measurement issues / Jere R. Behrman
  • Effects of education on health / Michael Grossman and Robert Kaestner
  • Family structure, fertility, and child welfare / Rebecca A. Maynard and Daniel J. McGrath
  • Feedback effects and environmental resources / V. Kerry Smith
  • Crime / Ann Dryden Witte.