Economics of Education Review
Volume 21, Number 1
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 8
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Implementing value-added measures of school effectiveness: getting the incentives right
Helen F Ladd & Randall P Walsh
As part of their efforts to hold schools accountable, several states now calculate and publicize value-added measures of school effectiveness. This paper provides a careful evaluation of the value-... More
pp. 1-17
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Does employer-financed general training pay? Evidence from the US Navy
Federico Garcia, Jeremy Arkes & Robert Trost
Despite Becker's theory that employers pay for workers' firm-specific training only, employer-financed general training is quite common. A possible explanation is that general training reduces... More
pp. 19-27
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Critical mass in the production of Ph.D.s: a multi-disciplinary study
Frank Scott & Jeff Anstine
Doctoral education in the US, while produced by not-for-profit institutions, is nonetheless carried out in a very competitive environment. We use survivor analysis to evaluate critical mass and... More
pp. 29-42
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Can education expenditures reduce income inequality?
Kevin Sylwester
Using a cross section of countries, this paper empirically examines whether devoting more resources to education can positively affect the distribution of income (as measured by the Gini... More
pp. 43-52
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Managing quality in higher education systems via minimal quality requirements: signaling and control
Shlomo Mizrahi & Abraham Mehrez
This paper analyzes the strategic calculations of an academic program when setting minimal quality requirements for applicants as an issue in planning a signaling strategy under certain structural ... More
pp. 53-62
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Stochastic frontier estimation of a CES cost function: the case of higher education in Britain
Hooshang Izadi, Geraint Johnes, Reza Oskrochi & Robert Crouchley
Many estimates exist in the literature of multi-product cost functions estimated across a sample of institutions of higher education. Typically these have not employed the appropriate frontier... More
pp. 63-71
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The value of education in a licensed profession: the choice of associate or baccalaureate degrees in nursing
Joanne Spetz
This paper assesses the relative value to employers and Registered Nurses (RNs) of different types of basic education in nursing: the associate degree; the baccalaureate degree; and the nursing... More
pp. 73-85
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Interstate variation in the use of fees to fund K-12 public education
Robert W Wassmer & Ronald C Fisher
In this paper, we first offer economic arguments in support of greater consideration of user charges to fund public primary and secondary education. Second, to better understand why these economic ... More
pp. 87-100