TRENDS IN THE QUANTITIES OF EDUCATION - A PICTORIAL ESSAY

This essay shows in graphs that the amount of education that youths re ceive has been increasing rapidly in the United States and in the rest of the world. This represents an increase in individuals' capacity to produce economically and have a higher standard of living. The total amount of education has also been increasing because of both the incre ase per person and the larger populations. This implies an increase in the amount of knowledge that is created, which increases the standard of living for the community as a whole by increasing the productivity of individuals with given amounts of education. Copyright (C) 1997 El sevier Science Ltd