Handbook of the Economics of Education

by Erik A. Hanushek (Editor), F. Welch (Editor)

Overview

The Handbooks in Economics series continues to provide the various branches of economics with handbooks which are definitive reference sources, suitable for use by professional researchers, advanced graduate students, or by those seeking a teaching supplement.

With contributions from leading researchers, each Handbook presents an accurate, self-contained survey of the current state of the topic under examination. These surveys summarize the most recent discussions in journals, and elucidate new developments.

Although original material is also included, the main aim of this series is the provision of comprehensive and accessible surveys

*Every volume contains contributions from leading researchers
*Each Handbook presents an accurate, self-contained survey of a particular topic
*The series provides comprehensive and accessible surveys

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080465661
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	11/13/2006
Series:	Handbooks in Economics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	700
File size:	24 MB
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About the Author

Eric Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. He is also chairman of the Executive Committee for the Texas Schools Project at the University of Texas at Dallas, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences and of the Governor's Advisory Committee on Education Excellence (California).

Table of Contents

13. Using Wages to Infer School Quality
14. School Resources
15. Drinking from the Fountain of Knowledge: Student Incentive to Study and Learn – Externalities, Information Problems and Peer Pressure
16. Schools, teachers, and Education Outcomes in Developing Countries
17. Has School Desegregation Improved Academic and Economic Outcomes for Blacks?
18. Teacher Quality
19. Teacher Supply
20. Pre-School, Day Care and After School Care: Who’s Minding the Kids?
21. The Courts and Public School Finance: Judge-Made Centralization and Economic Research
22. Income and Peer Quality Sorting in Public and Private Schools
23. Public Intervention in Post-Secondary Education
24. US Higher Education Finance
25. Income Contingent Loans for Higher Education: International Reforms