Handbook of contemporary education economics

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Handbook of contemporary education economics

edited by Geraint Johnes ... [et al.]

Edward Elgar Publishing, c2017

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Other editors: Jill Johnes, Tommaso Agasisti, Laura López-Torres

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

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. Beginning with an analysis of the economic returns to education, the Handbook proceeds to examine educational production functions, various funding models, and the labour market for educators. The Handbook goes beyond these traditional concerns of the economics of education, by revealing how the methods of economics can be applied in the context of education to open up the 'black box' of production in this sector. Detailed analysis and evaluation of educational production offers practical solutions and reveals considerable new insight about the specific interventions that can be made to enhance the value of schooling. Significant new lines of research are also suggested. This Handbook should be read by economists, policy-makers and practitioners in the field of education. Academics in the areas of the economics of education, labour economics and educational policy will also find this Handbook invaluable for current and further research. Contributors include: T. Agasisti, R. Bachan, N. Barr, C.R. Belfield, A.J. Bowers, M. Bray, J. Britton, S.J. Cabus, I. Cornelisz, K. De Witte, A. Di Liberto, L. Fengliang, J. Ghysels, C. Haelermans, P. Iatarola, G. Johnes, J. Johnes, H.M. Levin, J. Liu, L. Lopez-Torres, S. McIntosh, A. McKnight, B. Reilly, F. Saltiel, D. Santin, M. Sarzosa, G. Sicilia, L. Stiefel, F. Tomini, S. Urzua, A. Vignoles, S. Vincent-Lancrin

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction 1. Human capital and Returns to Education Geraint Johnes, Jill Johnes and Laura Lopez-Torres 2. Cognitive and Socio-Emotional Abilities Fernando Saltiel, Miguel Sarzosa and Sergio Urzua 3. Why Do School Dropout Rates Vary (So Much) Across Countries? A Survey Sofie Josefina Cabus 4. Education and social mobility: Theory, evidence and policy challenges Abigail McKnight 5. Inequality and education: Education as a cure for disadvantage Kristof De Witte and Florian Tomini 6. Labour Market Polarisation and the Implications for Education Steven McIntosh 7. Evaluating Didactical Interventions in Primary and Secondary Education Carla Haelermans and Joris Ghysels 8. Understanding innovation in education: Where do we stand? Stephan Vincent-Lancrin 9. Data Analytics and Decision Making in Education: Towards the Educational Data Scientist as a Key Actor in Schools and Higher Education Institutions Tommaso Agasisti and Alex J. Bowers 10. Impact Evaluation and Frontier Methods in Education: A step forward Daniel Santin and Gabriela Sicilia 11. Education production functions Jack Britton and Anna Vignoles 12. Student Achievement and Costs in Small Schools Patrice Iatarola and Leanna Stiefel 13. Theory versus Empirics: A Review of the International School Choice Literature Ilja Cornelisz 14. School management and student achievements Adriana Di Liberto 15. Cost-effectiveness and educational efficiency Henry M. Levin and Clive R. Belfield 16. Funding post-compulsory education Nicholas Barr 17. The economics of distance education Fengliang Li 18. Understanding Shadow Education from the Perspective of Economics of Education Junyan Liu and Mark Bray 19. Pay in Education: Vice Chancellor and Rector Remuneration Ray Bachan and Barry Reilly Index

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