Economics of Education Review

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Volume 15, issue 4, 1996

The economics of education in developing countries: An assessment of the state of the art pp. 327-338

Stephen A. Hoenack

Economics of education: A research agenda pp. 339-344

George Psacharopoulos

Measuring the effectiveness of schooling policies in developing countries: Revisiting issues of methodology pp. 345-364

Jere Behrman

Municipal and private sector response to decentralization and school choice pp. 365-376

Donald R. Winkler and Taryn Rounds

Do local contributions affect the efficiency of public primary schools? pp. 377-386

Emmanuel Jimenez and Vicente Paqueo

Finance, management, and costs of public and private schools in Indonesia pp. 387-398

Estelle James, Elizabeth King and Ace Suryadi

Commentary on "finance, management, and costs of public and private schools in Indonesia" and "do local contributions affect the efficiency of public primary schools?" pp. 399-400

Mark Berger

Teacher salaries in Latin America: A review pp. 401-406

George Psacharopoulos, Jorge Valenzuela and Mary Arends-Kuenning

Public spending on higher education in developing countries: Too much or too little? pp. 407-419

Nancy Birdsall

Public spending on higher education in developing countries: Too much rather than too little pp. 421-422

George Psacharopoulos

Financial reform of basic education in China pp. 423-444

Mun C. Tsang

Paying the piper: Productivity, incentives, and financing in U.S. higher education: Edited by, and. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1993. 335 pp. Price: U.S.$31.60 (cloth) pp. 445-446

William Becker

Human resource development and utilization:. Hampshire: Averbury, 1994. pp. iii + 236. Price: U.S.$59.95 (cloth) pp. 446-446

Alejandra Cox Edwards

Volume 15, issue 3, 1996

Race, gender, and the role of education in earnings inequality: An introduction pp. 207-212

Martin Carnoy

Education, work and earnings of Peruvian women pp. 213-230

Elizabeth King

Gender earnings differentials in Hong Kong: The effect of the state, education, and employment pp. 231-243

Yue-Ping Chung

Schooling and changes in earnings differentials by gender in South Korea, 1976-1991 pp. 245-258

Young-Sook Nam

Education and racial inequality: The human capital explanation revisited pp. 259-272

Martin Carnoy

Women and minority gains in a rapidly changing local labor market: The San Francisco Bay area in the 1980s pp. 273-287

Martin Carnoy and Weimin Gong

Changes in school enrollment patterns in Israel: A comparison between two disadvantaged groups pp. 289-301

Ruth Klinov

Early childbearing, high school completion, and college enrollment: Evidence from 1980 high school sophomores pp. 303-324

Susan Williams McElroy

Economic challenges in higher education: and. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1991. pp. x + 422. Price: U.S. $39.95 pp. 325-326

Donald E. Frey

Turning teaching into learning: The role of student responsibility in the collegiate experience: and. Washington, DC: The George Washington University, 1993. 123 pp. Price: U.S. $18.00 (paper) pp. 326-326

Randy Landgren

Volume 15, issue 2, 1996

Public and private high schools: Is school choice an answer to the productivity problem? pp. 93-109

Dan D. Goldhaber

Does more school district administration lower educational productivity? Some evidence on the "Administrative Blob" in New York public schools pp. 111-124

Dominic J. Brewer

Public education equity and efficiency in South Africa: Lessons for other countries pp. 125-137

Luis A. Crouch

Evidence on omitted variable bias in earnings equations pp. 139-148

Peter Griffin and Philip Ganderton

The mixed preschool market: Explaining local variation in family demand and organized supply pp. 149-161

John Edwards, Bruce Fuller and Xiaoyan Liang

Entrance quotas and admission to medical schools: a sequential probit model pp. 163-174

Kathleen Cannings, Claude Montmarquette and Sophie Mahseredjian

Demographics and spending for public education: a test of interest group influence pp. 175-185

Cynthia Miller

Bowls versus playoffs: The impact on football player graduation rates in the national collegiate athletic association pp. 187-195

Louis Amato, John M. Gandar, Irvin B. Tucker and Richard A. Zuber

The economics and financing of education in Hong Kong pp. 197-198

Ying Chu Ng

Britain's student loan system in world perspective: A critique:. London, U.K.: Institute of Economic Affairs, Current Controversies No. 9, 1994. 41 pp. Price: [UK pound]4.00 (paper) pp. 199-199

Robert J. Carlsson

Liberal arts colleges: Thriving, surviving, or endangered?:. Washington, D.C.: Brookings, 1994. pp. xi + 184. Price: U.S.$29.95 (cloth), U.S.$11.95 (paper) pp. 200-201

Donald E. Frey

The atlas of American higher education: by and, New York: New York University Press, 1993. pp. v + 257. Price U.S.$40.00 (cloth) pp. 200-200

Charlotte H. Scott

Merging colleges for mutual growth: A new strategy for academic managers: et al. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. pp. xiv + 270 (ISBN 0-8018-4666-8), U.S.$35.95 (cloth) pp. 201-202

Randy Landgren

Professional and continuing education in Hong Kong: and. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1994 (ISBN 962-209-348-5), pp. vii + 171. Price: US$15.50 (paper) pp. 202-203

Ying Chu Ng

Choices and consequences: Contemporary policy issues in education: Edited by. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, Cornell University, 1994. pp. v + 152 + Index. Price: U.S.$29.00 (cloth) pp. 203-204

Malcolm Getz

Bildung, bildungsfinanzierung und einkommensverteilung II:. Edited by. (Schriften des Vereins fur Socialpolitik, Neue Folge Band 221/II) Berlin: Duncker and Humblot, 1994. 188 pp. Price: DM 96 (paper) pp. 204-205

Joachim Wagner

Volume 15, issue 1, 1996

The impact of shifts in supply of college graduates: Repercussion of Educational reform in Korea pp. 1-9

Kang-Shik Choi

The effects of school district spending priorities on the exit paths of beginning teachers leaving the district pp. 11-22

Neil D. Theobald and R. Mark Gritz

Factors influencing the matriculation choices of high ability students pp. 23-36

William C. Weiler

College attendance and the college wage premium: Differences by gender pp. 37-49

Susan Averett and Mark L. Burton

Educational expansion and educational inequality on income distribution pp. 51-58

Kang H. Park

Labor market information and the choice of vocational specialization pp. 59-74

Lex Borghans, Andries de Grip and Hans Heijke

What determines alumni generosity? pp. 75-81

Robert A. Baade and Jeffrey O. Sundberg

Tracking in the United States: Descriptive statistics from NELS pp. 83-89

Daniel Rees, Laura M. Argys and Dominic J. Brewer

Higher education and economic growth: Edited by. Boston, MA, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992. pp. v + 182. Price: U.S.$90.00 (hardback) pp. 91-92

J. R. Hough

Making sense of the dollars: The costs and uses of faculty compensation: and. Washington, DC: ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 5, The George Washington University, 1993, xvii + 126 pp. $18.00 (paper) pp. 92-92

W. Patrick Leonard

Volume 14, issue 4, 1995

Type specific returns to enterprise-related training pp. 323-333

Wim Groot

Effects of institutional attributes on enrollment choice: Implications for postsecondary vocational education pp. 335-350

J. Farley Ordovensky

A causality analysis of the link between higher education and economic development pp. 351-361

Jean-Luc De Meulemeester and Denis Rochat

Intercountry and intracountry inequalities in school enrollments: A broad international perspective pp. 363-372

Rati Ram

The incidence of non-return among foreign students in the United States pp. 373-384

Bernt Bratsberg

Forecasting pell program applications using structural aggregate models pp. 385-394

Edward S. Cavin

Interstate variation in teacher salaries pp. 395-402

Michael Walden and Craig M. Newmark

Student evaluations of faculty: A new procedure for using aggregate measures of performance pp. 403-416

Paul Mason, Jeffrey Steagall and Michael M. Fabritius

Efficacy of an early intervention education program for moderately handicapped infants pp. 417-424

Margaret L. Plecki

Beyond universities: A new republic of the intellect:, London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1991. pp. iii + 84. Price: U.S.$4.95 (paper) pp. 425-426

Robert L. Crist

The economics of American higher education: By and (eds). Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992. pp. v + 349. Price: U.S.$71.50 (cloth) pp. 426-427

Morton Owen Schapiro

Cost containment for higher education: Strategies for public policy and institutional administration:. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1991. pp. xvii + 255. Price: $49.95 (cloth) pp. 426-426

W. Patrick Leonard

Volume 14, issue 3, 1995

The measurement and cost of removing unexplained gender differences in faculty salaries pp. 209-220

William Becker and Robert K. Toutkoushian

College quality and overeducation pp. 221-228

John Robst

Does class size matter? pp. 229-241

Karen Akerhielm

What makes a good principal? How teachers assess the performance of principals pp. 243-252

Dale Ballou and Michael Podgursky

Choosing the optimum mix of duration and effort in education pp. 253-263

Hessel Oosterbeek

Potential cost savings from school district consolidation: A case study of New York pp. 265-284

William Duncombe, Jerry Miner and John Ruggiero

Postsecondary education and the sub-baccalaureate labor market: Corrections and extensions pp. 285-299

W. Norton Grubb

Research funding and performance in U.K. University Departments of Economics: A frontier analysis pp. 301-314

Jill Johnes and Geraint Johnes

Data envelopment analysis -- Another paretian trap? pp. 315-316

K. K. Fung

Neither poison nor panacea pp. 317-318

Jill Johnes and Geraint Johnes

Estimating the determinants of cognitive achievement in low-income countries: the case of Ghana: and. Working Paper 91, Living Standards Measurement Study. Washington DC: World Bank. vx pp., $7.95 (paper) pp. 319-320

Keith Hinchliffe

Skills for productivity: Vocational education and training in developing countries: and. Philadelphia: World Book Publications, 1993. pp. v + 353. Price: U.S.$37.95 (cloth) pp. 320-321

David Stern

Volume 14, issue 2, 1995

Who chooses to teach (and why)? pp. 101-117

Eric Hanushek and Richard R. Pace

Departmental productivity in American universities: Economies of scale and scope pp. 119-144

Halil Dundar and Darrell R. Lewis

Returns to education in Israel: 1974 and 1983 pp. 145-154

Jacob Weisberg

The returns to education in Spain pp. 155-166

Alfonso Alba-Ramirez and Maria Jesus San Segundo

The growth and impact of teachers' unions in states without collective bargaining legislation pp. 167-178

Malcolm M. Duplantis, Timothy D. Chandler and Terry G. Geske

Myths and realities of academic labor markets pp. 179-192

James S. Fairweather

Quality competition and public schools: Further evidence pp. 193-198

John P. Blair and Sam Staley

In the company of educated women: A history of women and higher education in America: By. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1986. xxi + 298 pp., illus. Price U.S.$14.95 (paper) pp. 199-200

Claudia Goldin

Higher education in a changing economy: and (eds). New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1990. viii + 142 pp. Price: U.S. $27.95 (cloth) pp. 200-201

Mary P. McKeown

On Q: Causing quality in higher education:. Washington, D.C. American Council on Education and Macmillan Publishing Company, 1992. xii + 196 pages. Price: U.S.$27.95 (cloth) pp. 201-202

Lawrence Southwick

Career academies: Partnerships for reconstructing American high schools: and. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ix + 193 pp., $26.95 (cloth) pp. 202-203

David Nohara and Richard Phelps

Essays on the economics of education: Edited by. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute, 1993. 183 + v pp. $15.00 (paper), $25.00 (cloth) pp. 203-204

John Siegfried

Education and economic development since the industrial revolution: Edited by. Valencia: Generalitat Valenciana, 1990. pp. ix + 353. Price: U.S. $15.00 (paper) pp. 204-204

John Hanson

Planning and financing rural education in Africa: Edited by and. Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia, 1992. 111 pp. Price: $25.00 (Australian) (paper) pp. 205-205

Joy de Beyer

Education in Asia: A comparative study of cost and financing: By and. Washington D.C.: The World Bank, 1992. pp. v + 204. Price: U.S.$12.95 (paper) pp. 205-206

Toshiaki Tachibanaki

The political construction of education: The state, school expansion and economic changes: and, eds. New York: Praeger Press, 1992. pp. ix + 261. Price: U.S.$45.00 (cloth) pp. 206-207

Lynn Ilon

Volume 14, issue 1, 1995

Did teachers' verbal ability and race matter in the 1960s? Coleman revisited pp. 1-21

Ronald Ehrenberg and Dominic J. Brewer

Schooling and smoking pp. 23-33

William Sander

Hispanic college attendance and completion: Evidence from the high school and beyond surveys pp. 35-46

Philip Ganderton and Richard Santos

The distribution of resources in education in South Africa pp. 47-52

M. A. Marais

Public educational expenditures in the United States: An analytical comparison with other industrialized countries pp. 53-61

Rati Ram

Income elasticities of educational expenditure by income class: The case of Japanese households pp. 63-71

Keiji Hashimoto and Julia A. Heath

College relations and fund-raising expenditures: Influencing the probability of alumni giving to higher education pp. 73-84

William B. Harrison

Socioeconomic background, schooling, experience, ability and monetary rewards in Greece pp. 85-91

Harry Patrinos

Studies of supply and demand in higher Education: and (eds). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993, 294 pp. $45.00 (cloth) pp. 93-95

William Becker

The rise of popular literacy in Victorian England: The influence of private choice and public policy: By. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992. xxiii 340 pp. Price: $36.95. (0-8122-3075-2) pp. 95-95

Brendan A. Rapple

Independent schools, independent thinkers: Edited by. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992. pp. xxviii + 416 pp. 96-97

Donald E. Frey

Ancient literacy: By. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989. pp. xv + 383. $15.95 (paper) pp. 96-96

David Mitch

Faculty Job Satisfaction: Women and Minorities in Peril: By and Carol Logan Patitu. Washington, D.C.: The George Washington University Press, 1992. iii + 126 pp. $17.00 (paper) pp. 97-98

Jane H. Lillydahl

Learning together: A history of coeducation in american schools: and. New Haven & London, Yale University Press, The Russet Sage Foundation, New York, 1990. viii + 369 pp., $29.95 (cloth) pp. 98-99

Jocelyn M. Hammaker