A significant research gap exists in our knowledge of how educational attainment affects wealth building and intergenerational wealth transfers among Latinos. Wealth includes earnings but is a much wider and more fundamental measure of economic mobility. The education—earnings—wealth relationship is explored by constructing estimates of social gains and losses based on work-life earnings profiles for Latino workers. Findings indicate that public investment in Latino higher education results in social benefits by increasing public revenues and contributing to national prosperity.
n Hay una laguna importante en la investigación sobre la manera en que la realización educativa impacta la construcción y la transferencia de riqueza entre generaciones de individuos Latinos. Riqueza incluye salario pero es una medida fundamental de movilidad económica más amplia. La relación entre educación-salario-riqueza se explora construyendo estimaciones de ganancias y pérdidas sociales basadas en perfiles de salarios durante la vida laboral de trabajadores Latinos. Hallazgos indican que la inversión en educación superior de estudiantes Latinos resulta en beneficio social porque incrementa el ingreso público y contribuye a la prosperidad nacional.
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