Editor/s:
Eric A. Hanushek, Finis Welch
Published Date:
2006
Publication:
Amsterdam: North Holland
Pages:
742 pages
There are many ways to date the development of the economics of education. In the 17th Century, Sir William Petty began writing about the valuation of lives in terms of the productive skills of individuals – a precursor of human capital considerations. Adam Smith followed a century later with direct consideration of the organization and finance of education. Yet, the more natural dating is much more recent with the development and legitimization of the study of human capital lead by Gary Becker, Jacob Mincer, and T.W. Schultz. These initial forays have, however, been followed by a torrent of recent work.
VOLUME 2
Chapter 13 Using Wages to Infer School Quality
Robert Speakman and Finis Welch
Chapter 14 School Resources
Eric A. Hanushek
Chapter 15 Drinking from the Fountain of Knowledge: Student Incentive to Study and Learn – Externalities, Information Problems and Peer Pressure
John Bishop
Chapter 16 Schools, Teachers, and Education Outcomes in Developing Countries
Paul Glewwe and Michael Kremer
Chapter 17 Has School Desegregation Improved Academic and Economic Outcomes for Blacks?
Steven Rivkin and Finis Welch
Chapter 18 Teacher Quality
Eric A. Hanushek and Steven G. Rivkin
Chapter 19 Teacher Supply
Peter J. Dolton
Chapter 20 Pre-School, Day Care, and After School Care: Who’s Minding the Kids?
David Blau and Janet Currie
Chapter 21 The Courts and Public School Finance: Judge-Made Centralization and Economic Research
William A. Fischel
Chapter 22 Income and Peer Quality Sorting in Public and Private Schools
Thomas J. Nechyba
Chapter 23 Public Intervention in Post-Secondary Education Thomas J. Kane
Chapter 24 US Higher Education Finance
Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro
Chapter 25 Income Contingent Loans for Higher Education: International Reforms
Bruce Chapman
