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vi The Benefits to Taxpayers from Increases in Students’ Educational Attainment Critical Assumptions..................................................................................25 Putting the Results in Perspective.................................................................. 27 Chapter Three Payments for Taxes and Social Programs........................................................29 Taxation Mechanisms.................................................................................29 Educational Attainment and Earnings..............................................................31 Federal and State Tax Rates..........................................................................32 Federal Income Tax Rates..........................................................................32 Payroll Tax Rates....................................................................................33 Average State Tax Rates............................................................................ 34 The Effects of Increased Educational Attainment on Tax Payments........................... 34 Related Studies........................................................................................ 36 The Effects of Multilevel Increases in Educational Attainment on Tax Payments.............37 Sensitivity Analysis....................................................................................37 Summary ...............................................................................................39 Chapter Four Spending on Social Support Programs...........................................................41 Background.............................................................................................41 Analytic Approach.................................................................................... 42 Effects of Educational Attainment on the Costs of Welfare Programs......................... 44 Effects of Educational Attainment on the Costs of Housing Subsidies........................ 46 Effects of Educational Attainment on the Costs of Food Stamps...............................47 Effects of Educational Attainment on Supplemental Security Income Spending..............49 Effects of Educational Attainment on Medicaid Spending...................................... 50 Effects of Educational Attainment on Medicare Spending.......................................52 Effects of Educational Attainment on the Costs of Unemployment Insurance................53 Effects of Educational Attainment on Social Security Spending................................55 Effects of Educational Attainment on Spending on Social Programs.......................... 56 Sensitivity Analysis....................................................................................58 Summary............................................................................................... 60 Chapter Five Educational Attainment and Spending on the Corrections System........................61 Analytic Approach.....................................................................................62 The Effect of Educational Attainment on Crime Rates...........................................63 Effects of Educational Attainment on Incarceration Costs.......................................65 Sensitivity Analysis....................................................................................67 Summary............................................................................................... 68
Contents vii Chapter Six The Costs of Providing Additional Education..................................................69 Chapter Seven Educational Attainment and Public Revenues and Costs....................................73 Effects of Increases in Education on the Public Budget...........................................73 Tax Payments ........................................................................................73 Spending on Social Support and Insurance Programs..........................................74 Incarceration Costs..................................................................................74 Costs of Increased Education......................................................................75 Net Benefits from Increased Educational Attainment.............................................75 The Effects of Increased Educational Attainment: An Example ............................... 80 Sensitivity Analysis....................................................................................82 Putting the Estimates in Perspective............................................................... 84 Summary................................................................................................85 Appendixes A. Data and Sources................................................................................. 87 B. Estimating Tax Payments.......................................................................91 C. Social Program Participation and Costs.....................................................95 D. Incarceration Cost Estimations.............................................................. 111 References............................................................................................ 113
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