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_bJOH/I
245 0 _aInternational handbook on the economics of education/
_cedited by Geraint Johnes, Jill Johnes
260 _aCheltenham:
_bEdward Elgar,
_c2004.
300 _axii, 860 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
440 _a(Elgar original reference)
505 _aHuman 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.
650 _aEducation--Economic aspects
700 _aJohnes, Geraint, ed.
700 _aJohnes, Jill, ed.
942 _cWB16