Handbook of Contemporary Education Economics

Edited by Geraint Johnes, Jill Johnes, Tommaso Agasisti () and Laura López-Torres

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Abstract: This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the modern economics of education literature, bringing together a series of original contributions by globally renowned experts in their fields. Covering a wide variety of topics, each chapter assesses the most recent research with an emphasis on skills, evaluation and data analytics.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
ISBN: 9781785369063
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Human capital and returns to education , pp 1-20

Geraint Johnes, Jill Johnes and Laura López-Torres

Ch 2 Cognitive and socio-emotional abilities , pp 21-42

Fernando Saltiel, Miguel Sarzosa and Sergio Urzúa

Ch 3 Why do school dropout rates vary (so much) across countries? A survey , pp 43-75

Sofie Josefina Cabus

Ch 4 Education and social mobility: theory, evidence and policy challenges , pp 76-97

Abigail McKnight

Ch 5 Inequality and education: education as a cure for disadvantage , pp 98-119

Kristof De Witte and Florian Tomini

Ch 6 Labour market polarisation and the implications for education , pp 120-140

Steven McIntosh

Ch 7 Evaluating didactical interventions in primary and secondary education , pp 141-161

Carla Haelermans and Joris Ghysels

Ch 8 Understanding innovation in education: where do we stand? , pp 162-183

Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin

Ch 9 Data analytics and decision making in education: towards the educational data scientist as a key actor in schools and higher education institutions , pp 184-210

Tommaso Agasisti and Alex J. Bowers

Ch 10 Impact evaluation and frontier methods in education: a step forward , pp 211-245

Daniel Santín and Gabriela Sicilia

Ch 11 Education production functions , pp 246-271

Jack Britton and Anna Vignoles

Ch 12 Student achievement and costs in small schools , pp 272-288

Patrice Iatarola and Leanna Stiefel

Ch 13 Theory versus empirics: a review of the international school choice literature , pp 289-317

Ilja Cornelisz

Ch 14 School management and student achievements , pp 318-337

Adriana Di Liberto

Ch 15 Cost-effectiveness and educational efficiency , pp 338-356

Henry Levin and Clive R. Belfield

Ch 16 Funding post-compulsory education , pp 357-380

Nicholas Barr

Ch 17 The economics of distance education , pp 381-397

Fengliang Li

Ch 18 Understanding shadow education from the perspective of economics of education , pp 398-415

Junyan Liu and Mark Bray

Ch 19 Pay in education: Vice Chancellor and Rector remuneration , pp 416-438

Ray Bachan and Barry Reilly

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