Economics of Education Review

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Volume 24, issue 6, 2005

Gender gap in returns to schooling in Palestine pp. 633-649

Yousef Daoud

The demand for higher education in The Netherlands, 1950-1999 pp. 651-663

Erik Canton and Frank de Jong

Gender imbalance in college applications: Does it lead to a preference for men in the admissions process? pp. 665-675

Sandy Baum and Eban Goodstein

School district size and student educational attainment: evidence from Denmark pp. 677-689

Eskil Heinesen

Growing up in an intact vs. non-intact family and the transition from school to permanent work: A gender approach for Spain in 2000 pp. 691-704

Juan A. Canada-Vicinay

Volume 24, issue 5, 2005

The access implications of income-contingent charges for higher education: lessons from Australia pp. 491-512

Bruce Chapman and Christopher Ryan

How much more does a disadvantaged student cost? pp. 513-532

William Duncombe and John Yinger

The effects of home computers on school enrollment pp. 533-547

Robert Fairlie

Schooling effects on subsequent university performance: evidence for the UK university population pp. 549-562

Jeremy Smith and Robin Naylor

School quality and family background in Italy pp. 563-577

Giorgio Brunello and Daniele Checchi

Schooling quality in Eastern Europe: Educational production during transition pp. 579-599

Andreas Ammermuller, Hans Heijke and Wo[ss]mann, Ludger

Strategic determination of higher education subsidies and tuitions pp. 601-609

Gary Fethke

Volume 24, issue 4, 2005

Beauty in the classroom: instructors' pulchritude and putative pedagogical productivity pp. 369-376

Daniel Hamermesh and Amy Parker

Who teaches whom? Race and the distribution of novice teachers pp. 377-392

Charles Clotfelter, Helen Ladd and Jacob Vigdor

Making SAT scores optional in selective college admissions: a case study pp. 393-405

Michael Robinson and James Monks

Optimal scale of a public elementary school with commuting costs--a case study of Taipei county pp. 407-416

Hung-Lin Tao and Ming-Ching Yuan

The short term effect of educational debt on job decisions pp. 417-430

Alexandra Minicozzi

Teacher salaries and teacher attrition pp. 431-449

Jennifer Imazeki

Charter school location pp. 451-457

Gerhard Glomm, Douglas Harris and Te-Fen Lo

In-school work experience and the returns to two-year and four-year colleges pp. 459-468

Christopher J. Molitor and Duane E. Leigh

Determining demand for university education in Ontario by type of student pp. 469-483

Richard Mueller and Duane Rockerbie

In: Richard S. Ruch, Editor, Higher Ed, Inc.: The Rise of the For-Profit University, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD (2001) ISBN 0-8018-7447-5 (182pp., $18.95 Paper) pp. 485-486

Andrew Roth

Edward P. St. John (Ed.), Refinancing the College Dream, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD (2003) ISBN 0-8018-7265-0 (263pp., $44.95 hardcover) pp. 487-488

David Breneman

Volume 24, issue 3, 2005

Effects of in-class variation and student rank on the probability of withdrawal: cross-section and time-series analysis for UK university students pp. 251-262

Wiji Arulampalam, Robin Naylor and Jeremy Smith

Differences between public and private institutions of higher education in the enrollment of transfer students pp. 263-274

John J. Cheslock

Training determinants and productivity impact of training in China: a case of Shanghai pp. 275-295

Ying Chu Ng

Academic choice behavior of high school students: economic rationale and empirical evidence pp. 297-308

Joachim Zietz and Prathibha Joshi

Grade inflation and school competition: an empirical analysis based on the Swedish upper secondary schools pp. 309-322

Christina Wikstrom and Magnus Wikstrom

Adjusting teacher salaries for the cost of living: the effect on salary comparisons and policy conclusions pp. 323-339

Christiana Stoddard

Gender differences in employment and earnings in science and engineering in the US pp. 341-354

John Graham and Steven A. Smith

The dubious utility of the value-added concept in higher education: the case of accounting pp. 355-367

James A. Yunker

Volume 24, issue 2, 2005

The effect of charter schools on charter students and public schools pp. 133-147

Eric Bettinger

Does education cause better health? A panel data analysis using school reforms for identification pp. 149-160

Jacob Arendt

Education returns of wage earners and self-employed workers: Portugal vs. Spain pp. 161-170

Inmaculada García-Mainar and Victor Montuenga

Asset distribution and tertiary education expenditure in developing countries pp. 171-178

Jinyoung Hwang

The effects of gender on salary-at-hire in the academic labor market pp. 179-188

Peter Toumanoff

Is there a difference between private and public education on college performance? pp. 189-195

John Horowitz and Lee Spector

The educational outcomes of occupational sub-baccalaureate students: evidence from the 1990s pp. 197-212

Mariana Alfonso, Thomas R. Bailey and Marc Scott

Race, equity, and public schools in post-Apartheid South Africa: Equal opportunity for all kids pp. 213-233

Futoshi Yamauchi

In: Michael Watts and William B. Walstad, Editors, Reforming Economics and Economic Teaching in the Transition Economies, Edward Elgar, Northampton, MA (2002), p. 247 with index, Price US$ 90.00 (hardcover) pp. 235-236

Malcolm Getz

In: Richard P. Chait, Editors, The Questions of Tenure, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA (2002) pp. 334+xii, Price $35.00 (cloth) pp. 237-239

William Becker

In: Robert K. Toutkoushian, Editors, Conducting Salary-Equity Studies Alternative Approaches to Research 115, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco (2002) (110pp., $ 29.00 paper). In: Robert K. Toutkoushian, Editors, Unresolved Issues in Conducting Salary-Equity Studies 117, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco (2003) (119pp., $ 29.00 paper) pp. 240-241

Sam Cooper

In: William Howell and Paul Peterson, Editors, The Education Gap, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC (2002) (xix+208+67 pp., Appendices and Notes, $28.95 cloth) pp. 242-243

John Merrifield

In: Caroline Hoxby, Editors, The Economics of School Choice, University of Chicago Press, Chicago (2003) (xiv+352pp., $75.00 cloth) pp. 244-245

John Merrifield

In: Mark Harrison, Editors, Education Matters: Government, Markets, and New Zealand Schools, Education forum, Wellington, New Zealand (2004) (ix+412 pp., NZ $ 39.58 paper) pp. 246-247

John Merrifield

Amanda L. Ahlstrand, Laurie J. Bassi, Daniel P. McMurrer. Kalamazoo and W.E. Michigan, Workplace Education for Low-Wage Workers, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (2003) (pp. ix+175, $40.00 paper).Richard W. Moore, Daniel R. Blake, G. Michael Phillips, Daniel McConaughy. Kalamazoo and W.E. Michigan, Training that works Lessons from California's employment training panel program, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (2003) (pp. ix+219, $20.00 paper) pp. 248-249

W. Patrick Leonard

Volume 24, issue 1, 2005

Early childhood behaviours, schooling and labour market outcomes: estimates from a sample of twins pp. 1-17

Anh Le, Paul Miller, Andrew C. Heath and Nick Martin

Does cream-skimming curdle the milk? A study of peer effects pp. 19-28

Angela Dills

Parenting practices and children's education outcomes pp. 29-43

Kamhon Kan and Wei-Der Tsai

Do modern forms of human capital matter in primitive economies? Comparative evidence from Bolivia pp. 45-53

Ricardo Godoy, Dean Karlan, Shanti Rabindran and Tomas Huanca

Faculty productivity in supervising doctoral students' dissertations at Cornell University pp. 55-65

Peter M. Crosta and Iris G. Packman

Graduates' personality characteristics and labor market entry an empirical study among dutch economics graduates pp. 67-83

Judith Semeijn, Christophe Boone, Rolf Van der Velden and Arjen van Witteloostuijn

Does one size fit all? University differences in the influence of wages, financial aid, and integration on student retention pp. 85-95

Joe Kerkvliet and Clifford Nowell

From kickoff to commencement: the positive role of intercollegiate athletics in higher education pp. 97-102

Franklin Mixon and Len J. Trevino

The real university cost in a "free" higher education country pp. 103-108

George Psacharopoulos and George Papakonstantinou

In: Paul T. Hill and Robin J. Lake with Mary Beth Celio, Editors, Charter Schools and Accountability in Public Education, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC (2002) 160 pp., ISBN 0-8157-0266-3, $ 39.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8157-0267-1, $16.95 (paperback) pp. 109-111

Sunwoong Kim

Gender and education for all: the leap to equality, 2003, UNESCO Publishing, United Nations (416pp., price: 24 euros (paper)). SummaryPlus | Full Text + Links | PDF (142 K) pp. 112-113

William L. Weber

In: J. Patrick Raines and Charles E. Leathers, Editors, The economic institutions of higher education: economic theories of university behavior, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, Elgar (2003) (pp. 251) pp. 114-114

Donald E. Frey

In: Claudio de Moura Castro and Norma M. Garcia, Editors, Community Colleges A Model for Latin America?, Inter-American Development Bank. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Washington, DC (2003) (193pp., $24.95 paper) pp. 115-116

Manuel J. Carvajal

Christopher Avery, Andrew Fairbanks and Richard Zeckhauser, The Early Admissions Game: Joining the Elite, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA (2003) (377pp., $29.95 hardcover) pp. 117-118

Shouping Hu

In: Mosteller Frederick and Boruch Robert, Editors, Evidence Matters: Randomized Trials in Education Research, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC (2002), p. viii+231 ($22.95 paper) pp. 119-120

James Mulligan

In: Edward P. Lazear, Editors, Education in the Twenty-first Century, Hoover Institution Press, Stanford, CA (2002) ISBN 0-8179-2892-8 (192 pp., $15.00 paperback) pp. 121-123

Walter.W. McMahon

Douglas S. Massey, Camille Z. Charles, Garvey F. Lundy and Mary J. Fischer, The Source of the River: The Social Origins of Freshmen at America's Selective Colleges and Universities, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ (2003) (283pp., $29.95 cloth) pp. 124-125

Jeffrey Parker

In: Sheldon A. Danziger and Robert H. Haveman, Editors, Understanding Poverty, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA (2002), p. ix+566 $24.95 (paper) pp. 126-127

David Ribar and Neal E. Toomey

In: Robert B. Archibald, Editors, Redesigning the Financial Aid System Why Colleges and Universities Should Switch Roles with the Federal Government, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD (2002) (XIV+238 pp., Price $ 42.00 cloth) pp. 128-129

William Brown

Ham Marteen van, and Delft Eburon, Job access, workplace mobility, and occupational achievement (2002) pp. 165. price 29[euro] (paper) pp. 130-131

Gerard Lassibille