Volume 11, Number 2 (Spring) 1976
Carliner, Geoffrey. 1976. "Returns to Education for Blacks, Anglos, and Five Spanish Groups." Journal of Human Resources 11(2):172-184.
In 1970, returns to education were 30 percent higher for men of Cuban and Central or South American origin than for non-Spanish, nonblack (Anglo) men, Puerto Rican men, or "Other Spanish" men. Returns for black and Chicano men were about 70 percent of those for Anglo men. These differences are not explained by differences in nativity, mother tongue, age, years of education, or marital status. Differences in discrimination, quality of schooling, and class origin may be the causes, but data are insufficient to draw firm conclusions.
The author is Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Western Ontario. Support for this paper came from the Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the National Institute of Education. Catherine Ling provided able research assistance.
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