Handbook of the economics of education /
Handbook of the economics of education /
edited by Eric A. Hanushek and Finis Welch.
- Amsterdam ; London : North-Holland, 2006.
- 4 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Handbooks in economics, 26 0169-7218 ; .
- Handbooks in economics ; bk. 26. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
v.1. Post schooling wage growth : investment, search and learning / Yona Rubinstein and Yoram Weiss -- Long-term trends in schooling : the rise and decline (?) of public education in the United States / Sandra E. Black and Kenneth L. Sokoloff -- Historical perspectives on racial differences in schooling in the United States / William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo -- Immigrants and their schooling / James P. Smith -- Education wage premia and the distribution of earnings : an international perspective / Franco Peracchi -- Educational wage premiums and the U.S. income distribution : a survey / Donald R. Deere and Jelena Vesovic -- Earnings functions, rates of return and treatment effects : the Mincer equation and beyond / James J. Heckman, Lance J. Lochner and Petra E. Todd -- The social value of education and human capital / Fabian Lange and Robert Topel -- Why has black-white skill convergence stopped? / Derek Neal -- Education and nonmarket outcomes / Michael Grossman -- Does learning to add up add up? : the returns to schooling in aggregate data / Lant Pritchett -- Interpreting the evidence on life cycle skill formation / Flavio Cunha, James J. Heckman, Lance Lochner and Dimitriy V. Masterov -- V.2. Using wages to infer school quality / Robert Speakman and Finis Welch -- School Resources / Eric A. Hanushek -- Drinking from the fountain of knowledge : student incentive to study and learn : externalities, information problems and peer pressure / John Bishop -- Schools, teachers, and education outcomes in developing countries / Paul Glewwe and Michael Kremer -- Has school desegregation improved academic and economic outcomes for blacks? / Steven Rivkin and Finis Welch -- Teacher quality / Eric A. Hanushek and Steven G. Rivkin -- Teacher supply / Peter J. Dolton -- Pre-school, day care, and after school care : who's minding the kids? / David Blau -- The courts and public school finance : judge-made centralization and economic research / William A. Fischel Income and peer quality sorting in public and private schools / Thomas J. Nechyba -- Public intervention in post-secondary education / Thomas J. Kane -- US higher education finance / Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro -- Income contingent loans for higher education : international reforms / Bruce Chapman.
The economics of education reaches back in the direction of understanding what goes on in schools. What factors influence the quality and outcomes of schools? How does institutional structure influence outcomes? How does finance interact with the level and distribution of outcomes?
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013409697 Uk
Education--Economic aspects--United States.
Education--Finance.--United States
Wages--Effect of education on--United States.
LC66 / .H35 2006
338.47370973 370.973
Includes bibliographical references and index.
v.1. Post schooling wage growth : investment, search and learning / Yona Rubinstein and Yoram Weiss -- Long-term trends in schooling : the rise and decline (?) of public education in the United States / Sandra E. Black and Kenneth L. Sokoloff -- Historical perspectives on racial differences in schooling in the United States / William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo -- Immigrants and their schooling / James P. Smith -- Education wage premia and the distribution of earnings : an international perspective / Franco Peracchi -- Educational wage premiums and the U.S. income distribution : a survey / Donald R. Deere and Jelena Vesovic -- Earnings functions, rates of return and treatment effects : the Mincer equation and beyond / James J. Heckman, Lance J. Lochner and Petra E. Todd -- The social value of education and human capital / Fabian Lange and Robert Topel -- Why has black-white skill convergence stopped? / Derek Neal -- Education and nonmarket outcomes / Michael Grossman -- Does learning to add up add up? : the returns to schooling in aggregate data / Lant Pritchett -- Interpreting the evidence on life cycle skill formation / Flavio Cunha, James J. Heckman, Lance Lochner and Dimitriy V. Masterov -- V.2. Using wages to infer school quality / Robert Speakman and Finis Welch -- School Resources / Eric A. Hanushek -- Drinking from the fountain of knowledge : student incentive to study and learn : externalities, information problems and peer pressure / John Bishop -- Schools, teachers, and education outcomes in developing countries / Paul Glewwe and Michael Kremer -- Has school desegregation improved academic and economic outcomes for blacks? / Steven Rivkin and Finis Welch -- Teacher quality / Eric A. Hanushek and Steven G. Rivkin -- Teacher supply / Peter J. Dolton -- Pre-school, day care, and after school care : who's minding the kids? / David Blau -- The courts and public school finance : judge-made centralization and economic research / William A. Fischel Income and peer quality sorting in public and private schools / Thomas J. Nechyba -- Public intervention in post-secondary education / Thomas J. Kane -- US higher education finance / Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro -- Income contingent loans for higher education : international reforms / Bruce Chapman.
The economics of education reaches back in the direction of understanding what goes on in schools. What factors influence the quality and outcomes of schools? How does institutional structure influence outcomes? How does finance interact with the level and distribution of outcomes?
9780444513991 (v.1 : cased) 044451399X (v.1 : cased) 9780444528193 (v. 2 : cased) 0444528199 (v. 2 : cased) 9780444534446 (v. 4)
013409697 Uk
Education--Economic aspects--United States.
Education--Finance.--United States
Wages--Effect of education on--United States.
LC66 / .H35 2006
338.47370973 370.973