Non-Production Benefits of Education: Crime, Health, and Good Citizenship

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Lance Lochner NBER Working Paper No. 16722 Issued in January 2011 gests that education offers a wide-range of benefits that extend beyond increases in labor market productivity. Improvements in education can lower crime, improve health, and increase voting and democratic participation. This chapter reviews recent developments on these ‘non-production’ benefits of education with an emphasis on contributions made by economists. This paper is available as PDF (504 K) or via email.