Economics of Education Review

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Volume 11, issue 4, 1992

Market approaches to education: Vouchers and school choice pp. 279-285

Henry Levin

Why governments run schools pp. 287-300

Byron W. Brown

A Victorian experiment in economic efficiency in education pp. 301-316

Brendan A. Rapple

Primary and secondary school choice among public and religious alternatives pp. 317-337

Hamilton Lankford and James Wyckoff

Alert and inert clients: The Scottish experience of parental choice of schools pp. 339-350

J. Douglas Willms, Frank Echols and J. Douglas Willms

Educational choice (vouchers) and social mobility pp. 351-369

Charles Manski

Private school versus public school achievement: Are there findings that should affect the educational choice debate? pp. 371-394

John F. Witte

The rise and fall of choice in Richmond, California pp. 395-406

Barbara Chriss, Greta Nash and David Stern

Theory and practice of family choice in education: Taking stock -- review essay: Choice and control in American education. Volume 1: The theory of choice and control in American education; Volume 2: The practice of choice, decentral, and school restructuring. Edited by W.H. Clune and J.F. Witte. London: The Falmer Press, 1990 pp. 407-416

James S. Catterall

Autonomy in school provision: Meanings and implications -- review essay pp. 417-425

Edwin G. West

Can privatizing education really improve achievement? An essay review pp. 427-438

Donald E. Frey

Is politics the problem and markets the answer? An essay review of Politics, Markets, and America's Schools pp. 439-451

Anthony S. Bryk and Valerie E. Lee

Volume 11, issue 3, 1992

Vocational and technical education in development: Theoretical analysis of strategic effects on rates of return pp. 181-194

Walter W. McMahon, Jin Hwa Jung and Boediono

Pension incentives, mandatory retirement and retirement behavior in higher education pp. 195-204

Alan Gustman and Thomas L. Steinmeier

Elasticities of factor substitution in the production of education pp. 205-217

Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong and Anthony O. Gyapong

Do unions affect faculty salaries? pp. 219-223

Javed Ashraf

Postsecondary vocational education and the sub-baccalaureate labor market: New evidence on economic returns pp. 225-248

W. Norton Grubb

Evaluating the public support for educational vouchers: A case study pp. 249-256

Jonathan Sandy

North American Indians in the Canadian labour market: A decomposition of wage differentials pp. 257-266

Harry Patrinos and Christos Sakellariou

Evaluation and pseudoinquiry -- review essay pp. 267-269

Margaret E. Gredler

Evaluation of the Massachusetts employment and training (ET) program: By DSNet al. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 1991. xvi + 198 pp. Price: U.S.$33.25 (cloth), U.S. $18.25 (paper) pp. 271-272

J. J. Wellington

American education and the dynamics of choice: By J R. R and J F. L J New York: Praeger, 1991. xii + 178 pp. Price: $42.95 (cloth) pp. 271-271

William E. Laird

Bangladesh: Vocational and technical education review: Washington, DC: World Bank, 1990. xi + 105 pp. Price: $7.95 (paper) pp. 272-273

Jandhyala B. G. Tilak

The teacher today: Tasks, conditions, policies: Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1990. 118 pp. Price: U.S.$20 (paper) pp. 273-274

David Thomas

Pathways to change: Improving the quality of education in developing countries: By AV. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 1989. x + 191 pp. Price: $11.92 (paper) pp. 274-275

Bikas C. Sanyal

Volume 11, issue 2, 1992

The learning effect of assessment and evaluation in high school pp. 107-118

William Becker and Sherwin Rosen

The effects of ethnicity and religion on educational attainment pp. 119-135

William Sander

Universal basic education: An overall strategy of investment priorities for economic growth pp. 137-151

Walter W. McMahon and Walter W. Boediono

Academic research productivity, department size and organization: Further results, comment pp. 153-160

John Golden and Fred Carstensen

Academic research productivity: Reply, still further results pp. 161-167

Mark Meador, Stephen J. K. Walters and John M. Jordan

Academic research productivity, department size and organization: Further results, rejoinder pp. 169-171

John Golden and Fred Carstensen

Education of the African American adult: A historical overview: Edited by Harvey G. Neufeldt and Leo McGee. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990. 285 pp., US$45.00 (cloth) pp. 173-173

Wayne J. Urban

Entrepreneurship education current developments, future directions: Edited by Calvin A. Kent. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990. 312pp., US$45.00 (cloth) pp. 174-175

Stephen L. Shapiro

Major American higher education issues and challenges in the 1990s: By Richard I. Miller. London: Jessica Kingsley, 1990. 219 pp., [UK pound]22.50 (cloth) pp. 174-174

Paul T. Brinkman

Education costs and performance: A cost-effectiveness analysis: By Hywel Thomas. London: Casell Educational Limited, 1990. 200 pp., US$34.95 (paper) pp. 175-176

Kenneth M. Matthews

Financing higher education: Current patterns: The organization for economic co-operation and development. Paris, France: OECD publications service, 1990. 100 pp., US$21.00 (paper) pp. 176-177

Charlotte H. Scott

Advances in educational productivity: The evaluation of educational efficiency: By Douglas M. Windham and David W. Chapman (Series editor, Herbert J. Walberg). London: JAI Press, Inc., 1990. xv, 263 pp., $63.50 cloth pp. 177-178

Gerhard Gloom and Deborah A. Verstegen

Volume 11, issue 1, 1992

Quality of education and the rise in returns to schooling in South Africa, 1975-1985 pp. 1-10

Peter G. Moll

The effects of school location on the earnings of black and white youths pp. 11-18

Edwin A. Sexton and Janet F. Nickel

The intrastate equality of public primary and secondary education resources in the U.S., 1980-1987 pp. 19-30

James Wyckoff

Student academic achievement and the degree of market concentration in education pp. 31-39

Melvin V. Borland and Roy Howsen

Optimal investment in human capital under uncertainty pp. 41-49

Wim Groot and Hessel Oosterbeek

Efficacy of higher education for persons with work disabilities pp. 51-60

David H. Dean and Robert C. Dolan

Further evidence on the weak and strong versions of the screening hypothesis in Greece pp. 61-65

Haris S. Lambropoulos

Evidence on screening: P tests for Israel pp. 67-69

Adrian Ziderman

The South Carolina school incentive reward program: A policy analysis pp. 71-86

Craig E. Richards and Tian Ming Sheu

Women: Education, training at work. An essay review pp. 87-90

James R. Hough

Education in Canada: An analysis of elementary, secondary and vocational schooling: By T.. Vancouver: The Fraser Institute, 1988. xiv + 122 pp. Can. $19.95 pp. 91-92

Stephen B. Lawton

World Bank discussion paper, no. 95. Education and development: Evidence for new priorities: By D.,, and. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 1990. 99 pp. US$7.95 (paperback) pp. 92-92

Dan S. Thakur

International comparative education: Practices, issues and prospects: Edited by R.M.. Elmsford, NY: Pergamon Press, 1990. ISBN: 008-0402607/0402593, 337 pp. $47.95 (hardback), $19.95 (softback) pp. 92-93

J. R. Hough

The educational reform movement of the 1980s: Perspectives and cases: Edited by. Berkeley: McCutchan Publishing Corporation, 1990. xi + 364 pp. $31 (cloth) pp. 93-94

Frances Kemmerer

The new servants of power: A critique of the 1980s school reform movement: Edited by M., and. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989. xiii + 203 pp. $39.95 (cloth) pp. 93-93

Frances Kemmerer

Labor markets in action: Essays in empirical economics: By. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1989. 354 pp. US$35.00 (cloth) pp. 94-95

McKinley Blackburn

Improving educational quality: A global perspective: Edited by and. Westport, CI: Green-Wood Press, 1990. viii + 323 pp. $45.00 (cloth) pp. 95-96

Bikas C. Sanyal