Handbook of the economics of education / edited by Eric A. Hanushek and Finis Welch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanushek, Eric A. (Eric Alan), 1943-

Welch, Finis, 1938-2020.

Series:

Handbooks in economics ; bk. 26.

Handbooks in economics, 0169-7218 ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Economic aspects--United States.

Education.

Education--United States--Finance.

Wages--Effect of education on--United States.

Wages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (853 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/North-Holland, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Handbooks in Economics series continues to provide the various branches of economics with handbooks which are definitive reference sources, suitable for use by professional researchers, advanced graduate students, or by those seeking a teaching supplement.With contributions from leading researchers, each Handbook presents an accurate, self-contained survey of the current state of the topic under examination. These surveys summarize the most recent discussions in journals, and elucidate new developments.Although original material is also included, the main aim of this series

Contents:

Front cover; Title page; Copyright page; Introduction to the Series; Contents of the Handbook; Contents of Volume 1; Preface; Chapter 1. Post Schooling Wage Growth: Investment, Search and Learning; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Wages and employment over the life cycle - A first glance; 3. Models of wage growth; 4. Basic findings and their interpretation; 5. Data appendix: Data and sample-inclusion criteria; 6. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY); References; Chapter 2. Long-Term Trends in Schooling: The Rise and Decline (?) of Public Education in the United States; Abstract; Keywords

1. Introduction2. Early history; 3. Public universities; 4. The high school movement; 5. Challenges and responses in the late 20th century; 6. Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States; Abstract; Keywords; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic statistics; 3. Race and the returns to schooling: Historical evidence; 4. A model of educational attainment; 5. Applying the model: An analytic narrative; 6. Conclusions and suggestions for further research; Acknowledgements; Appendix; References; Chapter 4. Immigrants and Their Schooling

AbstractKeywords; Introduction; 1. Schooling of migrants and the native-born; 2. The changing education gap of immigrants; 3. The educational diversity of migrants - legal and unauthorized immigrants; 4. Foreign students at American schools; 5. Immigrant education and generational assimilation; Conclusions; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 5. Educational Wage Premia and the Distribution of Earnings: An International Perspective; Abstract; Keywords; 1. Introduction and summary; 2. Measurement and statistical issues; 3. Educational attainments; 4. Wage premia: Empirical evidence

5. Education and the distribution of personal earningsAcknowledgements; References; Chapter 6. Educational Wage Premiums and the U.S. Income Distribution: A Survey; Abstract; Keywords; 1. Introduction; 2. Educational wage premiums and the income distribution - early approaches; 3. The human capital revolution; 4. Increases in the return to human capital and the wage structure; 5. Trends in education-wage premiums and the relationship to enrollment; 6. Differences in enrollment, characteristics and earnings; 7. Concluding remarks; Appendix; References

Chapter 7. Earnings Functions, Rates of Return and Treatment Effects: The Mincer Equation and BeyondAbstract; Keywords; 1. Introduction; 2. The theoretical foundations of Mincer's earnings regression; 3. Empirical evidence on the Mincer model; 4. Estimating internal rates of return; 5. The internal rate of return and the sequential resolution of uncertainty; 6. How do cross-sectional IRR estimates compare with cohort-based estimates?; 7. Accounting for the endogeneity of schooling; 8. Accounting systematically for heterogeneity in returns to schooling: What does IV estimate?

9. Estimating distributions of returns to schooling

Notes:

"First edition"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-70781-X

9786610707812

0-08-046566-8

OCLC:

310980984