The Return to Schooling for Society Is Higher Than the Return

question 65

Multiple Choice

The return to schooling for society is higher than the return to schooling for the individual if

• A)the concept of diminishing returns applies to education.
• B)the concept of constant returns to scale applies to education.
• C)human capital conveys positive externalities.
• D)investment in human capital involves no opportunity costs.

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Definitions:

Standard Error

A statistical measure that describes the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population using the standard deviation.

Mean

The mean of a series of numbers, determined by dividing their total sum by the quantity of numbers in the series.

Confidence Interval

A range of values derived from sample statistics that is likely to contain the true population parameter with a given level of confidence.

Standard Error

A measure of the variability or dispersion of a sample statistic from the population parameter it estimates.