The impact of school resources on women's earnings and educational attainment: Findings from the national longitudinal survey of young women

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Betts, JR
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California San Diego
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/322076
• 发表日期: 2001
• 页码: 635-657
• 关键词: quality; matter

摘要

The article measures the impact of high school resources on women's educational attainment and earnings. No link emerges between education and school resources-as measured by the pupil-teacher ratio, spending per pupil, teachers' starting salaries, or books per student. For white women, no significant connection between school resources and wages is found. But school inputs are in several cases significantly and positively related to black women's wages. Wage elasticities with respect to school inputs are uniformly larger for black women. Finally, the impact of school resources on earnings remains constant or in some cases weakens as workers grow older.