Investment in Education and Ghetto Poverty: A Note on the Dropout Decision.

Singell, Larry D.

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ERIC Number: EJ061210

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Publication Date: 1972

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Investment in Education and Ghetto Poverty: A Note on the Dropout Decision

Singell, Larry D.

Social Science Quarterly, 53, 1, 122-28, Jun 72

Youth in the ghetto appear to make rational economic decisions (from their individual and family point of view) by not investing in education; unless the quality of education is improved for lower classes, income grants are unlikely to have any effect on this form of investment in human capital. (Author)

Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Educational Background, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Family Influence, Social Change, Socioeconomic Influences

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