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International handbook on the economics of education
- Title
- International handbook on the economics of education / edited by Geraint Johnes, Jill Johnes.
- Publication
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar, ©2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | LC65 .I59 2004 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 860 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Elgar original reference
- Uniform Title
- Elgar original reference
- Subject
- Education > Economic aspects
- Educational finance
- Efficiency
- Financial support
- Higher education
- Human capital
- Labour market
- School to work transition
- Standards
- Teachers
- Technological change
- Academic achievement
- Class size
- Educational economics
- Education
- Capital humain
- Adaptation au changement
- Bildungsökonomie
- Onderwijs
- Economische aspecten
- Human Capital
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Human capital and rates of return / George Psacharopoulos and Harry Anthony Patrinos -- Signalling and screening / Sarah Brown and John G. Sessions -- The economic assessment of training schemes / Peter J. Dolton -- Education and economic growth / Philip Stevens and Martin Weale -- Skill-biased technical change and educational outcomes / Stephen Machin -- The social and external benefits of education / Walter W. McMahon -- School finance / David Mitch -- Funding higher education / David Greenaway and Michelle Haynes -- Exploring the effect of class size on student achievement : what have we learned over the past two decades? / Susan L. Averett and Michele C. McLennan -- The economics of secondary schooling / Steve Bradley and Jim Taylor -- Determinants of educational success in higher education / Robin A. Naylor and Jeremy Smith -- Standards and grade inflation / Geraint Johnes -- The school-to-work transition / Steve Bradley and Anh Ngoc Nguyen -- The labour market for reachers / Paulo Santiago -- Multi-product cost functions for universities : economies of scale and scope / Elchanan Cohn and Samuel T. Cooper -- Efficiency measurement / Jill Johnes -- Education, child labour and development / Saqib Jafarey and Sajal Lahiri -- Education and housing / William H. Hoyt.
- ISBN
- 184376119X
- 9781843761198
- 9781847201966
- 1847201962
- LCCN
- 2004047118
- 9781843761198
- 9781847201966
- OCLC
- ocm54913676
- 54913676
- SCSB-8905780
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library