Geraint Johnes ; Jill Johnes creator Jill Johnes text Education--Economic aspects xxu Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar , ©2004 monographic eng

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xii, 860 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Surveys the field of the economics of education. This work comprises contributions on a range of topics from a review of human capital, signalling and screening models, to consideration of issues such as educational externalities and economic growth, funding models, determinants of educational success, and more. 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. /Geraint Johnes Economics 338.4737 JOH 9781847201966 Variety Books Publishers Distributors ;B-10,Street No-2,West Vinod Nagar,Delhi-110092 180903 20190422122509.0