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Working Papers

2002

1. Returns to investment in education: a further update
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
   See also Journal Article in Education Economics (2004)

1997

2. Poverty and Income Distribution in Latin America: The Story of the 1980s
   Working Papers, World Bank - Technical Papers View citations

1996

3. The Role of Government and the Private Sector in Fighting Poverty
   Working Papers, World Bank - Technical Papers

1993

4. Returns to investment in education: a global update
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
   See also Journal Article in World Development (1994)
5. Teachers'salaries in Latin America: a comparative analysis
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

1992

6. Achievement evaluation of Colombia's Escuela Nueva: is multigrade the answer?
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
7. Earnings and education in Latin America: assessing priorities for schooling investments
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
8. Ethnicity, education, and earnings in Bolivia and Guatemala
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
9. Latin American women's earnings and participation in the labor force
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
10. Socioeconomic and ethnic determinants of grade repetition in Bolivia and Guatemala
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations

1990

11. WHY EDUCATIONAL POLICIES CAN FAIL; AN OVERVIEW OF SELECTED AFRICAN EXPERIENCES
    World Bank - Discussion Papers, World Bank View citations

Journal Articles

2008

1. Funding universities for efficiency and equity: research findings versus petty politics
   Education Economics, 2008, 16, (3), 245-260

2005

2. The real university cost in a "free" higher education country
   Economics of Education Review, 2005, 24, (1), 103-108 View citations

2004

3. Economics of Education: From Theory to Practice
   Brussels Economic Review/Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, 2004, 47, (3-4), 341-357
4. Introduction to special issue in honor of Lewis C. Solmon
   Economics of Education Review, 2004, 23, (4), 317-317
5. Public versus private University Systems
   CESifo DICE Report, 2004, 2, (4), 39-43
6. Returns to investment in education: a further update
   Education Economics, 2004, 12, (2), 111-134 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2002)

2003

7. The Social Cost of an Outdated Law: Article 16 of the Greek Constitution
   European Journal of Law and Economics, 2003, 16, (2), 123-137 View citations

1999

8. Assessing a Higher Education Project: A Mauritius Feasibility Study
   Applied Economics, 1999, 31, (1), 27-35
9. Schooling and Monetary Rewards in Greece: An Over-Education False Alarm?
   Applied Economics, 1999, 31, (12), 1589-97 View citations

1997

10. Child labor versus educational attainment Some evidence from Latin America
    Journal of Population Economics, 1997, 10, (4), 377-386 View citations
11. Family size, schooling and child labor in Peru - An empirical analysis
    Journal of Population Economics, 1997, 10, (4), 387-405 View citations
12. Private education in a poor country: The case of urban Bolivia
    Economics of Education Review, 1997, 16, (4), 395-406 View citations

1996

13. A reply to Bennell
    World Development, 1996, 24, (1), 201-201
14. Economics of education: A research agenda
    Economics of Education Review, 1996, 15, (4), 339-344 View citations
15. Public spending on higher education in developing countries: Too much rather than too little
    Economics of Education Review, 1996, 15, (4), 421-422 View citations
16. Teacher salaries in Latin America: A review
    Economics of Education Review, 1996, 15, (4), 401-406 View citations

1995

17. Poverty and Income Inequality in Latin America during the 1980s
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1995, 41, (3), 245-64 View citations

1994

18. Education and earnings in Paraguay
    Economics of Education Review, 1994, 13, (4), 321-327 View citations
19. Education and the labor market in Uruguay
    Economics of Education Review, 1994, 13, (1), 19-27 View citations
20. Educational performance of the poor: Lessons from rural Northeast Brazil: by Ralph W. Harbison and Eric A. Hanushek. New York: Oxford University Press for the World Bank. 1992. pp. 362 + xiv. price: US$39.95
    Economics of Education Review, 1994, 13, (3), 271-271
21. Returns to investment in education: A global update
    World Development, 1994, 22, (9), 1325-1343 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1993

22. A cost-benefit analysis of educational investment in Venezuela: 1989 update
    Economics of Education Review, 1993, 12, (4), 293-298 View citations
23. Economic and Demographic Effects on Working Women in Latin America
    Journal of Population Economics, 1993, 6, (4), 293-315

1992

24. Schooling, Ability, and Earnings in Colombia, 1988
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1992, 40, (3), 629-43 View citations

1991

25. An analysis of the sources of earnings variation among Brazilian males
    Economics of Education Review, 1991, 10, (4), 359-377 View citations
26. Earnings and education in Venezuela: An update from the 1987 household survey
    Economics of Education Review, 1991, 10, (1), 29-36 View citations

1990

27. Earnings and education in Ecuador: Evidence from the 1987 household survey
    Economics of Education Review, 1990, 9, (3), 219-227 View citations

1989

28. Earnings and education in Argentina: an analysis of the 1985 Buenos Aires Household Survey
    Economics of Education Review, 1989, 8, (4), 353-365 View citations
29. Female Labor Force Participation: An International Perspective
    World Bank Research Observer, 1989, 4, (2), 187-201 View citations
30. The Determinants of Early Age Human Capital Formation: Evidence from Brazil
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1989, 37, (4), 683-708 View citations
31. Time trends of the returns to education: Cross-national evidence
    Economics of Education Review, 1989, 8, (3), 225-231 View citations

1988

32. Education and Development: A Review
    World Bank Research Observer, 1988, 3, (1), 99-116 View citations
33. Education and national development: A comparative perspective: By Ingemar Fagerlind and Lawrence J. Saha. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1983. 237 pp. U.S.$32 (cloth), U.S.$13 (paper)
    Economics of Education Review, 1988, 7, (3), 367-368
34. Education and the labor market in Venezuela, 1975-1984
    Economics of Education Review, 1988, 7, (3), 321-332 View citations

1987

35. The external efficiency of diversified secondary schools in Colombia
    Economics of Education Review, 1987, 6, (2), 99-110 View citations

1986

36. WELFARE EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN EDUCATION
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1986, 4, (3), 51-62

1984

37. Education and development: Roger M. Garrett, ed., (Croom Helm, London, 1984) pp. 276, [UK pound]14.95
    Journal of Development Economics, 1984, 16, (3), 346-346
38. Education and economic growth in the developing countries: Peter Mandi. Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1981 (distributed in the us by Humanities Press, Atlantic High-lands, NJ). pp. 225. Price U.S.$25.00
    Economics of Education Review, 1984, 3, (4), 353-354
39. The effect of diversified schools on employment status and earnings in Colombia
    Economics of Education Review, 1984, 3, (4), 315-331 View citations

1982

40. An analysis of the determinants of the demand for upper secondary education in Portugal
    Economics of Education Review, 1982, 2, (3), 233-251
41. The Distribution of Schooling and the Distribution of Earnings: Raising the School Leaving Age in 1972
    The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1982, 50, (1), 24-40
42. The Reward for Risk in the Labor Market: Evidence from the United Kingdom and a Reconciliation with Other Studies
    Journal of Political Economy, 1982, 90, (4), 827-53 View citations

1981

43. Education, employment and inequality in LDCs
    World Development, 1981, 9, (1), 37-54
44. Racial Earnings Differentials in the U.K
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1981, 33, (3), 413-25 View citations

1979

45. Human Capital and Earnings: British Evidence and a Critique
    Review of Economic Studies, 1979, 46, (3), 485-503 View citations
46. International comparisons of educational and economic indicators, revisited
    World Development, 1979, 7, (11-12), 995-1004
47. On the weak versus the strong version of the screening hypothesis
    Economics Letters, 1979, 4, (2), 181-185 View citations
48. Socioeconomic Background, Schooling and Monetary Rewards in the United Kingdom
    Economica, 1979, 46, (184), 435-39 View citations

1977

49. Schooling, experience and earnings: The case of an LDC
    Journal of Development Economics, 1977, 4, (1), 39-48 View citations

1976

50. Schooling and Income Distribution
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1976, 58, (3), 332-38 View citations

1975

51. Estimating some key parameters in the brain drain taxation model
    Journal of Development Economics, 1975, 2, (3), 309-318

1974

52. The Screening Hypothesis and the Returns to Education
    Journal of Political Economy, 1974, 82, (5), 985-98 View citations

1972

53. Further Evidence on the Elasticity of Substitution among Different Types of Educated Labor
    Journal of Political Economy, 1972, 80, (4), 786-92 View citations