02443nam a2200313 a 4500 vtls000069368 MTX 20251111152526.0 160715s2011 001 0 eng d 0472027360 0472107690 9780472027361 9780472107698 201607151111 staff 1 STAFF MATRIX 201507141442 VLOAD 201306272317 VLOAD 201211201355 staff eng LC191.4 370.19/0973 Ebook Jere R. Behrman;Nevzer Stacey. 100481 The social benefits of education (The economics of education)/ [electronic resource] Jere R. Behrman;Nevzer Stacey. University of Michigan Press, 1997. The economics 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 in. Though it is difficult to quantify these social benefits, a more systematic analysis would improve our understanding of the full effects of education and provide a basis for considering related policies. The Office of Research of the United States Department of Education commissioned a series of papers on measuring these effects of education. Those papers, revised and updated, are collected here. Kenneth J. Arrow provides perspective on education and preference formation, and Jere R. Behrman considers general conceptual and measurement issues in assessing the social benefits of education and policies related to education. These issues are taken up by experts in four fields--health, parenting, the environment, and crime. Themes addressed include measurement issues regarding what we mean by education and its benefits; basic analytical issues in assessing the impact of education on these social benefits using behavioral data; and whether the social benefits of education justify public policy interventions. Education and state--United States--Congresses. 100482 Education--Social aspects--United States--Congresses. 100483 Education--United States--Evaluation--Congresses. 100484 http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/UMICHB0000502.html 10 66071 66071