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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hanushek, Eric Alan
• Machin, Stephen
• Woessmann, Ludger

Titel

Handbook of the economics of education : volume 3 [Elektronische Ressource]

Auflage

1st ed

Ort / Verlag

Amsterdam : Elsevier

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Link zum Volltext

• Elsevier Handbooks in Economics Series (ZDB-1-HBE)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes bibliographical references and index
• 2. Theoretical Foundations: Lessons for Various Empirical Approaches3. Tracking and School Resources; 4. Empirical Approaches to Estimating the Effects of Tracking; 5. Conclusion and Outline of a Possible Research Agenda for the Future; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 8: School Accountability; 1. Introduction; 2. The Rationale for School-Based Accountability; 3. The Nature of Accountability; 4. Accountability Might Not Improve School Performance; 5. Evidence on Student Outcomes; 6. Accountability and Teacher Labor Markets; 7. Directions for Future Research; References
• 4. Determinants of International Educational Achievement5. Economic Consequences of International Educational Achievement; 6. Conclusion and Outlook; References; Chapter 3: Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies; 1. Background and Motivation; 2. How Important Is Family Background for Final Educational Attainment?; 3. Theory: A Taxonomy of Effects; 4. How the Family Affects the Child; 5. What Education Policy Can Do at Different Stages of the Educational Career: Lessons from Research on Reforms; 6. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References
• 5. Teacher Pay and Student Achievement6. Structure of Teacher Compensation; 7. Trends in Market-Based Pay; 8. Teacher Collective Bargaining; 9. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 6: Licensure: Exploring the Value of this Gateway to the Teacher Workforce; 1. Background; 2. Theoretical Arguments for and Against Teacher Licensure; 3. Teacher Licensure Systems in the U.S. and Abroad; 4. Empirical Evidence on the Impact of Teacher Licensure; 5. Concluding Thoughts; References; Chapter 7: The Economics of Tracking in Education; 1. Introduction
• Chapter 4: Peer Effects in Education: How Might They Work, How Big Are They and How Much Do We Know Thus Far?1. Introduction and Overview; 2. Models of Peer Effects; 3. Identification of Peer Effects; 4. Empirical Results on Peer Effects in Primary and Secondary Education; 5. Going Beyond Test Scores; 6. Effects in Post-Secondary Education; 7. Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: Teacher Compensation and Collective Bargaining; 1. Introduction; 2. Studies of Relative Teacher Pay; 3. Quantity versus Quality Tradeoffs; 4. Comparing Teacher and Nonteacher Compensation
• Chapter 9: The GED.
• Front Cover; Handbook of Theeconomics of Education; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1: Econometric Methods for Research in Education; 1. Introduction; 2. Wage Equations and the Returns to Education; 3. The Returns to Education and Labor Force Participation; 4. Education Policy and the Estimated Returns to Education; 5. Estimation of School Input Effects; 6. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: The Economics of International Differences in Educational Achievement; 1. Introduction; 2. Economic Motivation; 3. International Tests of Educational Achievement
• 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
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