Levin, Henry M.Belfield, Clive R.Muennig, PeterRouse, Cecilia2023-05-222023-05-222007-01-012022-01-28https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/5710We find that an investment of $82,000 in powerful educational interventions and additional years of schooling would yield a public benefit of $209,000 in higher government revenues and lower government spending. The net economic benefit to the public purse is therefore $127,000 per student and the benefits are 2.5 times greater than the costs.returns to educationbenefit-costEconomicsEducational Assessment, Evaluation, and ResearchEducation EconomicsWorking Paper