competition and new innovations in the provision of education, the evidence from this study implies that they will need to make up …

This paper examines linkages between disability and health status and the returns to education and basic skills … equations with education and basic skills training among the independent variables. The NALS data set allows us to control for … that the returns to education for individuals with a disability or poor health are positive, although of moderate size and …

This paper considers how a state such as Michigan can increase the economic development benefits of higher education …. Research evidence suggests that higher education increases local economic development principally by increasing the quality of … education can be increased by: 1) competent management of conventional economic development programs that focus on business …

This paper presents a systematic, baseline picture of workplace education programs in small and medium-sized businesses … offering workplace education programs, what are the characteristics of the programs being provided, and what are the impacts of … opportunity to receive education in basic skills through their workplace. …

empirical evidence. We provide quantitative evidence of the magnitude of economic effects of higher education and medical …. We also provide quantitative evidence on how much higher education institutions can boost a metropolitan economy through …, holding worker characteristics constant, whereas the higher education industry pays below average wages; the wage standards of …