Closing the Education Gap : Benefits and Costs.

PREFACE -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PUBLIC BENEFITS OF EDUCATION -- THE RAND EDUCATION SIMULATION MODEL -- EFFECTS OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT -- COSTS AND BENEFITS OF CLOSING THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT GAP FOR BLACKS AND HISPANICS -- EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION ON EDUCATION -- DISCUSSION AND NEXT STEPS -- DATA USED TO ESTIMATE PUBLIC PROGRAM BENEFITS -- ESTIMATED RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND SPENDING ON SOCIAL PROGRAMS -- THE ELDERLY: A SPECIAL CASE -- SAVINGS IN PROGRAM EXPENDITURES AND INCREASES IN TAX REVENUES AND DISPOSABLE INCOME ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT -- EDUCATION FLOW RATES -- ANNUAL FLOWS FOR BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND IMMIGRATION -- EDUCATION COST ESTIMATES -- ADULT POPULATION IN 1990 AND PROJECTED TO 2015 -- ESTIMATES OF COSTS AND BENEFITS.