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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456080703321

Autore

Vernez Georges

Titolo

Closing the education gap [[electronic resource] ] : benefits and costs / / Georges Vernez, Richard A. Krop, C. Peter Rydell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 1999

ISBN

0-8330-4343-9

0-585-16151-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KropRichard A. <1962->

RydellC. Peter

Disciplina

379.2/6/0973

Soggetti

Educational equalization - United States

Minorities - Education - Economic aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"MR-1036-EDU"--P. [4] of cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198).

Nota di contenuto

""PREFACE""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""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""; ""DATA USED TO ESTIMATE PUBLIC PROGRAM BENEFITS""; ""ESTIMATED RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND SPENDING ON SOCIAL PROGRAMS""; ""THE ELDERLY: A SPECIAL CASE""

""SAVINGS IN PROGRAM EXPENDITURES AND INCREASES IN TAX REVENUES AND DISPOSABLE INCOME ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT""""EDUCATION FLOW RATES""; ""ANNUAL FLOWS FOR BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND IMMIGRATION""; ""EDUCATION COST ESTIMATES""; ""ADULT POPULATION IN 1990 AND PROJECTED TO 2015""; ""ESTIMATES OF COSTS AND BENEFITS""