Handbook of the Economics of Education

How does education affect economic and social outcomes, and how can it inform public policy? This book uses available data from around the world to address these and other core questions. It examines the determinants of educational outcomes and issues surrounding teacher salaries and licensure.

List of contents

1. Econometric Methods for Research in Education
2. The Economics of International Differences in Educational Achievement
3. Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies
4. Peer Effects In Education: How Might They Work, How Big Are They and How Much Do We Know Thus Far?
5. Teacher Compensation and Collective Bargaining
6. Licensure: Exploring the Value of this Gateway to the Teacher Workforce
7. The Economics of Tracking in Education
8. School Accountability
9. The GED
10. Housing Valuations of School Performance
11. Apprenticeship

Report

"The Handbook chapters are incisive. Each one successfully organizes an extensive literature around its core motivations, methodological concerns, and empirical results. In addition to their concise reviews of existing work, they point the way for new research." --William Collins, Vanderbilt University

"This Handbook volume offers a lot. Empirical investigators will especially benefits from its broad and insightful review of the methods used to identify and estimate the returns to education and the effects of school and teacher quality on student outcomes and house prices." --Franco Peracchi, Tor Vergata University

Product details

• Authors: Eric A. Hanushek, Erik A. Hanushek, Erik A. Machin Hanushek, Stephen Machin, Ludger Woessmann
• Assisted by: Eric A. Hanushek (Editor), Eric A Hanushek (Editor), Eric A. Hanushek (Editor), Erik A. Hanushek (Editor), Stephen Machin (Editor), Stephen J Machin (Editor), Stephen J. Machin (Editor), Ludger Woessmann (Editor), Woessmann Ludger (Editor), Ludger Wößmann (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.11.2010
• EAN: 9780444534293
• ISBN: 978-0-444-53429-3
• No. of pages: 616
• Series: North-Holland; Handbooks in Economics; Handbooks in Economics; Handbook of the Economics of Education; Handbook of the Economics of E
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; EDUCATION / General, Education, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General