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

Lance Lochner

No 16722, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: A growing body of work suggests 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.

JEL-codes: H52 I18 I21 I28 J24 K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-01
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Published as Lochner, Lance, “Nonproduction Benefits of Education: Crime, Health, and Good Citizenship,” in E. Hanushek, S. Machin, and L. Woessmann (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Education , Vol. 4, Ch. 2, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 2011 .

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