Educational investment in an urban society : costs, benefits, and public policy / Edited by Melvin R. Levin and Alan Shank.

Author/creator Levin, Melvin R. compiler.
Other author Shank, Alan, 1936- compiler.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Teachers College Press, [1970]
Description425 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Investment in human capital, by T. W. Schultz.--The concept of human capital, by G. S. Baker.--Investing in human capital, by B. A. Weisbrod.--Social and economic factors in spending for public education, by J. Miner.--The contribution of education to economic productivity, by C. E. Benson.--Capital formation by education, by T. W. Schultz.--The returns to education, by J. Vaizey.--The nature of education benefits and their spill-overs, by B. A. Weisbrod.--Education and poverty, by T. I. Ribich.--Cost-benefit analysis in education, by J. Wiseman.--The political economy of efficiency: cost-benefit analysis and program budgeting, by A. Wildavsky.--Yardsticks for Government: the role of PPBS, by M. R. Levin.--Rescuing policy analysis from PPBS, by A. Wildavsky.--Education in the program budget, by W. Z. Hirsch.--Toward a social report, by U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.--Education and learning, by W. J. Cohen.--Federal training and work programs in the sixties, by S. A. Levitan and G. L. Magnum.--Vocational versus academic education in secondary schools, by J. J. Kaufman et al.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 70110397