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Handbook of Contemporary Education Economics
Edited by Geraint Johnes, Jill Johnes, Tommaso Agasisti and Laura López-Torres
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.
Handbook
- Published in print:
- 29 Dec 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781785369063
- eISBN:
- 9781785369070
- Pages:
- c 464
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- Handbook of Contemporary Education Economics
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Human capital and returns to education
- Chapter 2: Cognitive and socio-emotional abilities
- Chapter 3: Why do school dropout rates vary (so much) across countries? A survey
- Chapter 4: Education and social mobility: theory, evidence and policy challenges
- Chapter 5: Inequality and education: education as a cure for disadvantage
- Chapter 6: Labour market polarisation and the implications for education
- Chapter 7: Evaluating didactical interventions in primary and secondary education
- Chapter 8: Understanding innovation in education: where do we stand?
- Chapter 9: Data analytics and decision making in education: towards the educational data scientist as a key actor in schools and higher education institutions
- Chapter 10: Impact evaluation and frontier methods in education: a step forward
- Chapter 11: Education production functions
- Chapter 12: Student achievement and costs in small schools
- Chapter 13: Theory versus empirics: a review of the international school choice literature
- Chapter 14: School management and student achievements
- Chapter 15: Cost-effectiveness and educational efficiency
- Chapter 16: Funding post-compulsory education
- Chapter 17: The economics of distance education
- Chapter 18: Understanding shadow education from the perspective of economics of education
- Chapter 19: Pay in education: Vice Chancellor and Rector remuneration
- Index
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Handbook Chapter
- Published:
- 29 December 2017
- Category:
- Handbook Chapter
- Pages:
- ix–xii (4 total)
Collection:
Economics 2017
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- Handbook of Contemporary Education Economics
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Human capital and returns to education
- Chapter 2: Cognitive and socio-emotional abilities
- Chapter 3: Why do school dropout rates vary (so much) across countries? A survey
- Chapter 4: Education and social mobility: theory, evidence and policy challenges
- Chapter 5: Inequality and education: education as a cure for disadvantage
- Chapter 6: Labour market polarisation and the implications for education
- Chapter 7: Evaluating didactical interventions in primary and secondary education
- Chapter 8: Understanding innovation in education: where do we stand?
- Chapter 9: Data analytics and decision making in education: towards the educational data scientist as a key actor in schools and higher education institutions
- Chapter 10: Impact evaluation and frontier methods in education: a step forward
- Chapter 11: Education production functions
- Chapter 12: Student achievement and costs in small schools
- Chapter 13: Theory versus empirics: a review of the international school choice literature
- Chapter 14: School management and student achievements
- Chapter 15: Cost-effectiveness and educational efficiency
- Chapter 16: Funding post-compulsory education
- Chapter 17: The economics of distance education
- Chapter 18: Understanding shadow education from the perspective of economics of education
- Chapter 19: Pay in education: Vice Chancellor and Rector remuneration
- Index