A Literature Review

Stephen J. Carroll, Ethan Scherer

ResearchPublished Jul 29, 2008

A group of Santa Monica community leaders and leaders of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) asked RAND to summarize what existing policy studies had found about the impact of educational quality on a community. This briefing, presented to SMMUSD officials in February 2008, is a transcript of that summary. It provides an overview of empirical research on the effects that education has on a community, including the impacts that education has on health, crime, civic participation, and especially the economy, as educational quality is positively associated with employment and earnings, housing values, and tax revenues.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
  • Availability: Web-Only
  • Year: 2008
  • Pages: 30
  • Document Number: DB-562-RC/EDU

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Carroll, Stephen J. and Ethan Scherer, A Literature Review. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2008. https://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB562.html.
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