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Download full textYoung, Kan-Hua; Jamison, Dean T. – 1975
To calculate the economic benefits of schooling and compensatory education, a statistical model estimated the effects of schooling and literacy on earnings and employment. The literacy measure was obtained for a probable sample of the U.S. population in 1972, from the National Reading Survey. The measure was administered with a background…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Adults, Compensatory Education
