Internal Rates of Return to College Education in the United States by Sex and Race.

Cohn, Elchanan; Cooper, Samuel T.

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Publication Date: 1997

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Internal Rates of Return to College Education in the United States by Sex and Race.

Cohn, Elchanan; Cooper, Samuel T.

Journal of Education Finance, v12 n1 p101-33 Sum 1997

Provides IRORs (internal rates of return) to investment in higher education by race and sex, using data from the 1985 wave of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Black males obtain a rate of return somewhat below other subgroups. Females tend to have a larger return to an investment in education than their male counterparts. (63 references) (MLH)

Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits, Higher Education, Human Capital, Racial Differences, Salary Wage Differentials, Sex Differences

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Language: English

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