This paper analyzes the non-market benefits of education and ability. Using a dynamic model of educational choice we … estimate returns to education that account for selection bias and sorting on gains. We investigate a range of non … patterns of returns that depend on the levels of schooling and ability. Unlike the monetary benefits of education, the benefits …

between education and allocative efficiency. Section I is reprinted from my J.P.E. paper quot;Education in Productionquot …

We present results from the first study to examine the causal impact of early childhood education on social preferences … a series of incentivized experiments to elicit their social preferences. We find that early childhood education has a …

greater inequality. To investigate this we construct a dynamic model of intergenerational education acquisition, fertility … fertility and education, a decreasing marginal effect of parental education on children's years of education, and wages that are …

A major benefit of education is the lower risk of unemployment at higher educational levels. In PSID (Panel Study of …

This paper presents a survey and interpretation of recent research on the return to education. The empirical findings … in a series of current papers suggest that the causal effect of education on earnings is understated by standard …

We estimate the effect of maternal education on birth outcomes using data from the Vital Statistics Natality files for … 1970 to 1999. We also assess the importance of four potential channels through which maternal education may improve birth … education on changes in birth outcomes. Second, we have compiled a new data set on openings of two and four year colleges …

I explore the effects of education on nonmarket outcomes from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. Examples of …-being reflected by their health and cognitive development. I pay a good deal of attention to the effects of education on health … education has productive efficiency and allocative efficiency effects. I then modify these frameworks to allow for the …