Full Citation

Title: Schooling Externalities, Technology, and Productivity: Theory and Evidence from U.S. States

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2009

ISBN:

ISSN:

DOI:

NSFID:

PMCID:

PMID:

Abstract: The literature on schooling externalities in U. S. cities and states is rather mixed: positive external effects of average education levels are hardly found while positive externalities from the share of college graduates are more often identified. We propose a simple model to reconcile this mixed evidence. Our model predicts positive externalities from increased college education and negligible external effects from high school education. Using compulsory attendance/child labor laws, push-driven immigration of highly educated workers, and the location of land-grant colleges as instruments for schooling attainments, we test and confirm the model predictions with data on U. S. states for the period 1960-2000.

User Submitted?: No

Authors: Peri, Giovanni; Iranzo, Susana

Periodical (Full): Review of Economics and Statistics

Issue: 2

Volume: 91

Pages: 420-431

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Other

Countries: