Handbook of the Economics of Education

How does education affect economic and social outcomes, and how can it inform public policy? Volume 3 of the Handbooks in the Economics of Education uses newly available high quality data from around the world to address these and other core questions.  With the help of new methodological approaches, contributors cover econometric methods and international test score data.  They examine the determinants of educational outcomes and issues surrounding teacher salaries and licensure.  And reflecting government demands for more evidence-based policies, they take new looks at institutional feaures of school systems.  Volume editors Eric A. Hanushek (Stanford), Stephen Machin (University College London) and Ludger Woessmann (Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich) draw clear lines between newly emerging research on the economics of education and prior work.  In conjunction with Volume 4, they measure our current understanding of educational acquisition and its economic and social effects. 

Uses rich data to study issues of high contemporary policy relevanceDemonstrates how education serves as an important determinant of economic and social outcomesBenefits from the globalization of research in the economics of education

Econometric Methods for Research in Education The Economics of International Differences in Educational Achievement

Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies

Peer Effects In Education: How Might They Work, How Big Are They and How Much Do We Know Thus Far?       

Teacher Compensation and Collective Bargaining

Licensure: Exploring the Value of this Gateway to the Teacher Workforce

The Economics of Tracking in Education

School Accountability

The GED

Housing Valuations of School Performance

Apprenticeship