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This two-volume set answers a pair of important questions. Volume 3 asks "How does education affect economic and social outcomes, and how can it inform public policy?" Its contributors, with the help of new methodological approaches, cover econometric methods and international test score data and examine the determinants of educational outcomes and issues surrounding teacher salaries and licensure. Reflecting government demands for more evidence-based policies, they take new looks at institutional features of school systems. Volume 4 considers "What is the value of an education?" School choice and school competition, educator incentives, the college premium, and other considerations help its contributors make sense of the investments and returns associated with education.
Demonstrates how new methodologies are yielding fresh perspectives in education economics
Reveals how education serves as an important determinant of economic and social outcomes
Presents topics and authors whose data and conclusions attest to the globalization of research
Uses rich data to study issues of high contemporary policy relevance
List of contents
Volume 3
The Economics of International Differences in Educational Achievement. Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann
Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies. Anders Bjorklund, Kjell Salvanes
Peer Effects In Education: How Might They Work, How Big Are They and How Much Do We Know Thus Far? Bruce Sacerdote
Teacher Compensation and Collective Bargaining. Michael Podgursky
Licensure: Exploring the Value of this Gateway to the Teacher Workforce. Dan Goldhaber
The Economics of Tracking in Education. Julian R. Betts
School Accountability. David Figlio, Susanna Loeb
The GED. James Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Nicholas Mader
Housing Valuations of School Performance. Sandra Black, Steven Machin
Apprenticeship. Stefan C. Wolter, Paul Ryan
Volume 4
The Market for Graduates and the College Premium. Ian Walker
Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies. Anders Bjorklund & Kjell Salvanes
Immigration and Education. Christian Dustmann
The Provision of Incentives for Educators. Derek Neal
Educational Mismatch in the Labor Market. Hessel Oosterbeek & Edwin Leuven
Non-Production Benefits of Education. Lance Lochner
Noncognitive Skills in Economics and Social Life. James Heckman & Angela L. Duckworth
School Choice and School Competition. Caroline Hoxby
Collegiate Attainment: Supply and Demand in Higher Education. Sarah Turner & John Bound
Inequality, Human Capital Formation and Comparative Development. Oded Galor
Adult Education/Lifelong Learning; Training. Jeffrey Smith
Technology, Scientists, Growth. Paul Romer
Political economy. G. Glomm, B. Ravikumar & I. Schiopu
International Experience with Choice. Eric Bettinger
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