The Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Education

ISBN-13: 9780367194581 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 598 str.

Brian P. McCall

Opis

This comprehensive Handbook provides an authoritative overview of key theoretical and policy areas, covering topics like econometric methods for education economics, returns to education, competition in education provision, education and economic growth, and education and inequality.

Spis treści

Introduction (Brian P. McCall); 1. Econometric methods for education (Luc Behaghel and Maria Florencia Pinto); 2. Early childhood education in the United States: what, when, where, who, how, and why (Elizabeth U. Cascio); 3. Nearly three decades into the charter school movement, what has research told us about charter schools? (Ron Zimmer, Richard Buddin, Sarah Ausmus Smith, and Danielle Duffy-Chipman); 4. School accountability (Jason Burns and Katharine O. Strunk); 5. Evaluating teacher effectiveness: a review of historical developments and current trends (Christopher D. Brooks and Matthew G. Springer); 6. Is education different? A review of the voucher literature and lessons for implementation (Dennis Epple, Richard E. Romano, and Miguel Urquiola); 7. Teacher labor markets: what have we learned over the last decade? (Jessalynn James and James Wyckoff); 8. Teacher labor markets in developing countries (Lee Crawfurd and Todd Pugatch); 9. School resources and educational outcomes in developing countries (Paul Glewwe, Celestine Siameh, Bixuan Sun, and Suzanne Wisniewski); 10. Peer effects in education (Angela Cools and Eleonora Patacchini); 11. Socioeconomic inequalities in education beyond the early years (Claire Crawford, Lindsey Macmillan, and Gill Wyness); 12. Factors shaping college investment and enrollment gaps (George Bulman and Jesse Cunha); 13. Vocational education: an international perspective (Celeste K. Carruthers and Christopher Jepsen); 14. College persistence and bachelor’s degree completion (Brian P. McCall); 15. College majors (Arpita Patnaik, Matthew Wiswall, and Basit Zafar); 16. Student loan borrowing and repayment decisions: risks and contingencies (Kartik Athreya, Christopher Herrington, Felicia Ionescu, and Urvi Neelakantan); 17. For-profit colleges in the United States: insights from two decades of research (Stephanie Riegg Cellini); 18. Competition in higher education (Michael Kaganovich, Sinan Sarpca, and Xuejuan Su); 19. Education and economic growth (Anna Valero)