Are there civic returns to education?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1697-1720

  Dee, Thomas S ^a,b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Education; Externalities; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142708611     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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