This paper provides a conceptual framework for the articles that follow in this special issue of the Journal of Education Finance by exploring how the external social benefits of higher education contribute to higher sustainable rates of per capita development of families and nations. It...

Human capital contributes to both labor market and non labor-market outcomes. In this paper, the non-market outcomes set the stage in a dynamic process for further earnings growth later. The scope of the non-market outcomes and the dynamic process are both poorly understood. Both become a source...

This article develops a method for estimating current geographical differences in the cost of living index for all states for 1981-1990. These estimates based on BLS data are shown to correspond closely to statewide cost of living estimates for 1989 based on the American Chamber of Commerce...