Handbook of the economics of education Volume 4
What is the value of an education? Volume 4 of the Handbooks in the Economics of Education combines recent data with new methodologies to examine this and related questions from diverse perspectives. School choice and school competition, educator incentives, the college premium, and other considerat...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
North Holland
2011, 2011
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| Series: | Handbooks in economics
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| Collection: | Elsevier Handbooks in Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | What is the value of an education? Volume 4 of the Handbooks in the Economics of Education combines recent data with new methodologies to examine this and related questions from diverse perspectives. School choice and school competition, educator incentives, the college premium, and other considerations help make sense of the investments and returns associated with education. Volume editors Eric A. Hanushek (Stanford), Stephen Machin (University College London) and Ludger Woessmann (Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich) draw clear lines between newly emerging research on the economics of education and prior work Chapter 1: Personality Psychology and Economics -- Chapter 2: Non-Production Benefits of Education: Crime, Health, and Good Citizenship -- Chapter 3: Overeducation and Mismatch in the Labor Market -- Chapter 4: Migration and Education -- Chapter 5: Inequality, Human Capital Formation and the Process of Development -- Chapter 6: The Design of Performance Pay in Education -- Chapter 7: Educational Vouchers in International Contexts -- Chapter 8: Dropouts and Diplomas: The Divergence in Collegiate Outcomes -- Chapter 9: The Political Economy of Education Funding. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780444534446 0444535357 9780444535351 044453444X |