Working Paper: NBER ID: w5708
Authors: David Card; Alan Krueger
Abstract: This paper reviews and interprets the literature on the effect of school resources on students' eventual earnings and educational attainment. In addition, new evidence is presented on the impact of the great disparity in school resources between black and white students in North and South Carolina that existed in the first half of the 20th century, and the subsequent narrowing of these resource disparities. Following birth cohorts over time, gaps in earnings and educational attainment for blacks and whites in the Carolinas tend to mirror the gaps in school resources.
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Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| school resources (I20) | educational attainment (I21) |
| school resources (I20) | earnings (J31) |
| disparities in school resources (I24) | differences in educational attainment (I24) |
| disparities in school resources (I24) | differences in earnings (J31) |
| increased educational resources (I24) | improved earnings (E01) |
| increased educational resources (I24) | improved educational attainment (I24) |