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Working Papers

2020

1. Lost Wages: The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) View citations (22)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (21)
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2020) View citations (10)

2019

2. GLOBALISATION AND GOVERNANCE: Returns to Investment in Education: The Case of Turkey
   ERC Working Papers, ERC - Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University View citations (3)
3. Returns to Investment in Education: The Case of Turkey
   Koç University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum Working Papers, Koc University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum View citations (3)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (3)
   Working Papers, Economic Research Forum (2019) View citations (2)
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2019) View citations (3)
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2019) View citations (3)
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2019) View citations (3)

2018

4. Returns to investment in education: a decennial review of the global literature
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (206)
   See also Journal Article Returns to investment in education: a decennial review of the global literature, Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2018) View citations (205) (2018)

2011

5. Education: past, present and future global challenges
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)

2002

6. Returns to investment in education: a further update
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (264)
   See also Journal Article Returns to investment in education: a further update, Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2004) View citations (842) (2004)

1997

7. Poverty and Income Distribution in Latin America: The Story of the 1980s
   Working Papers, World Bank - Technical Papers View citations (11)

1996

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

1994

9. Pueblos indígenas y pobreza en América Latina: un análisis empírico
   Series Históricas, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)

1993

10. Returns to investment in education: a global update
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (89)
    See also Journal Article Returns to investment in education: A global update, World Development, Elsevier (1994) View citations (1172) (1994)
11. Teachers'salaries in Latin America: a comparative analysis
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

1992

12. Achievement evaluation of Colombia's Escuela Nueva: is multigrade the answer?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
13. Earnings and education in Latin America: assessing priorities for schooling investments
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (17)
14. Ethnicity, education, and earnings in Bolivia and Guatemala
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
15. Latin American women's earnings and participation in the labor force
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
16. Socioeconomic and ethnic determinants of grade repetition in Bolivia and Guatemala
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (10)

1990

17. Una nota sobre las tendencias de la tasa de retorno de la educación en Bogotá 1965 -1988
    Coyuntura Social, Fedesarrollo
18. WHY EDUCATIONAL POLICIES CAN FAIL; AN OVERVIEW OF SELECTED AFRICAN EXPERIENCES
    World Bank - Discussion Papers, World Bank View citations (1)

1975

19. Éducation et répartition
    Post-Print, HAL

Journal Articles

2023

1. Estimating returns to education: back to the short-cut
   Economics Bulletin, 2023, 43, (3), 1208 - 1213
2. Improving Learning in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries
   Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2023, 14, (S1), 55-80 View citations (3)

2021

3. Private and Social Returns to Investment in Education: the Case of Turkey with Alternative Methods
   Applied Economics, 2021, 53, (14), 1638-1658 View citations (8)

2018

4. Returns to investment in education: a decennial review of the global literature
   Education Economics, 2018, 26, (5), 445-458 View citations (205)
   See also Working Paper Returns to investment in education: a decennial review of the global literature, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2018) View citations (206) (2018)

2008

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

2005

6. The real university cost in a "free" higher education country
   Economics of Education Review, 2005, 24, (1), 103-108 View citations (34)

2004

7. Economies of education: from theory to practice
   Brussels Economic Review, 2004, 47, (3-4), 341-358 View citations (3)
8. Introduction to special issue in honor of Lewis C. Solmon
   Economics of Education Review, 2004, 23, (4), 317-317
9. Public versus private University Systems
   ifo DICE Report, 2004, 2, (04), 39-43 View citations (1)
10. Returns to investment in education: a further update
    Education Economics, 2004, 12, (2), 111-134 View citations (842)
    See also Working Paper Returns to investment in education: a further update, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2002) View citations (264) (2002)

2003

11. 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 (10)

1999

12. Assessing a higher education project: a Mauritius feasibility study
    Applied Economics, 1999, 31, (1), 27-35 View citations (1)
13. Schooling and monetary rewards in Greece: an over-education false alarm?
    Applied Economics, 1999, 31, (12), 1589-1597 View citations (20)
14. The trade-off between child labour and human capital formation: A Tanzanian case study
    Journal of Development Studies, 1999, 35, (5), 120-140 View citations (92)

1997

15. Child labor versus educational attainment Some evidence from Latin America
    Journal of Population Economics, 1997, 10, (4), 377-386 View citations (177)
16. Family size, schooling and child labor in Peru - An empirical analysis
    Journal of Population Economics, 1997, 10, (4), 387-405 View citations (228)
17. Private education in a poor country: The case of urban Bolivia
    Economics of Education Review, 1997, 16, (4), 395-406 View citations (12)

1996

18. A reply to Bennell
    World Development, 1996, 24, (1), 201-201 View citations (2)
19. Economics of education: A research agenda
    Economics of Education Review, 1996, 15, (4), 339-344 View citations (23)
20. 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 (4)
21. Teacher salaries in Latin America: A review
    Economics of Education Review, 1996, 15, (4), 401-406 View citations (18)

1995

22. POVERTY AND INCOME INEQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA DURING THE 1980s
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1995, 41, (3), 245-264 View citations (23)

1994

23. Education and earnings in Paraguay
    Economics of Education Review, 1994, 13, (4), 321-327 View citations (13)
24. Education and the labor market in Uruguay
    Economics of Education Review, 1994, 13, (1), 19-27 View citations (5)
25. 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
26. Returns to investment in education: A global update
    World Development, 1994, 22, (9), 1325-1343 View citations (1172)
    See also Working Paper Returns to investment in education: a global update, Policy Research Working Paper Series (1993) View citations (89) (1993)

1993

27. A cost-benefit analysis of educational investment in Venezuela: 1989 update
    Economics of Education Review, 1993, 12, (4), 293-298 View citations (4)
28. Economic and Demographic Effects on Working Women in Latin America
    Journal of Population Economics, 1993, 6, (4), 293-315 View citations (9)

1991

29. An analysis of the sources of earnings variation among Brazilian males
    Economics of Education Review, 1991, 10, (4), 359-377 View citations (2)
30. Earnings and education in Venezuela: An update from the 1987 household survey
    Economics of Education Review, 1991, 10, (1), 29-36 View citations (6)

1990

31. Earnings and education in Ecuador: Evidence from the 1987 household survey
    Economics of Education Review, 1990, 9, (3), 219-227 View citations (5)

1989

32. 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 (9)
33. Female Labor Force Participation: An International Perspective
    The World Bank Research Observer, 1989, 4, (2), 187-201 View citations (69)
34. Time trends of the returns to education: Cross-national evidence
    Economics of Education Review, 1989, 8, (3), 225-231 View citations (57)

1988

35. Education and Development: A Review
    The World Bank Research Observer, 1988, 3, (1), 99-116 View citations (53)
36. 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 View citations (1)
37. Education and the labor market in Venezuela, 1975-1984
    Economics of Education Review, 1988, 7, (3), 321-332 View citations (3)

1987

38. The external efficiency of diversified secondary schools in Colombia
    Economics of Education Review, 1987, 6, (2), 99-110 View citations (1)

1986

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

1985

40. Returns to Education: A Further International Update and Implications
    Journal of Human Resources, 1985, 20, (4), 583-604 View citations (287)

1984

41. 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
42. 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
43. The effect of diversified schools on employment status and earnings in Colombia
    Economics of Education Review, 1984, 3, (4), 315-331 View citations (1)

1982

44. An analysis of the determinants of the demand for upper secondary education in Portugal
    Economics of Education Review, 1982, 2, (3), 233-251
45. Earnings and education in Greece, 1960–1977
    European Economic Review, 1982, 17, (3), 333-347 View citations (11)
46. 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
47. 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 (48)

1981

48. Education, employment and inequality in LDCs
    World Development, 1981, 9, (1), 37-54
49. Further Evidence of the Relevance of the Dual Labor Market Hypothesis for the U. K
    Journal of Human Resources, 1981, 16, (3), 442-448 View citations (10)
50. Racial Earnings Differentials in the U.K
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1981, 33, (3), 413-25 View citations (5)

1980

51. Early Education, Ability and Earning Capacity
    International Journal of Social Economics, 1980, 7, (3), 132-136

1979

52. Human Capital and Earnings: British Evidence and a Critique
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1979, 46, (3), 485-503 View citations (44)
53. International comparisons of educational and economic indicators, revisited
    World Development, 1979, 7, (11-12), 995-1004 View citations (1)
54. On the weak versus the strong version of the screening hypothesis
    Economics Letters, 1979, 4, (2), 181-185 View citations (50)

1977

55. Measuring the Cost of Misallocation of Investment in Education
    Journal of Human Resources, 1977, 12, (4), 446-459 View citations (5)
56. Schooling, experience and earnings: The case of an LDC
    Journal of Development Economics, 1977, 4, (1), 39-48 View citations (5)

1976

57. Higher Education and Earnings: College as an Investment and a Screening Device by Paul Taubman; Terence Wales
    Journal of Human Resources, 1976, 11, (2), 269-273
58. Schooling and Income Distribution
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1976, 58, (3), 332-38 View citations (18)

1975

59. Estimating some key parameters in the brain drain taxation model
    Journal of Development Economics, 1975, 2, (3), 309-318 View citations (1)

1974

60. College Quality as a Screening Device?
    Journal of Human Resources, 1974, 9, (4), 556-558 View citations (3)
61. The Screening Hypothesis and the Returns to Education
    Journal of Political Economy, 1974, 82, (5), 985-98 View citations (110)

1972

62. Further Evidence on the Elasticity of Substitution among Different Types of Educated Labor
    Journal of Political Economy, 1972, 80, (4), 786-92 View citations (18)

1970

63. Estimating Shadow Rates of Return to Investment in Education
    Journal of Human Resources, 1970, 5, (1), 34-50 View citations (2)

Edited books

1987

1. Economics of Education
   Elsevier Monographs, Elsevier View citations (95)

Chapters

2008

1. Education and Human Capital
   Chapter 24 in International Handbook of Development Economics, Volumes 1 & 2, 2008

2004

2. Human Capital and Rates of Return
   Chapter 1 in International Handbook on the Economics of Education, 2004 View citations (6)

1999

3. Human Capital and Earnings: British Evidence and a Critique (1979)
   Palgrave Macmillan
4. The Screening Hypothesis and the Returns to Education (1974)
   Palgrave Macmillan

1982

5. Education And Society: Old Myths versus New Facts
   Palgrave Macmillan