| Abstract: | Summary and conclusions In this paper, we reviewed and evaluated the empirical literature on differences in white-non-white returns to schooling during the pre- and post-Civil Rights Act of 1964 periods. The most striking results, using the 1960 census data, are that returns to education for Blacks are low. Equally interesting are the results using 1967 Survey of Economic Opportunity data; these show that Blacks have gained considerably relative to whites in returns to education. A logical explanation of these differences was the impact of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. |
