Thomas S. Dee
Are there civic returns to education?
Swarthmore College
hypothesized effects educational attainment adult civic engagement attitudes provide important justifications government intervention market education study present evidence whether externalities exist assess implement two strategies identifying effects educational attainment one based availability junior community colleges changes teen exposure child labor laws results suggest educational attainment large statistically significant effects subsequent voter participation support free speech also find additional schooling appears increase quality civic knowledge measured frequency newspaper readership