Economics of Education Review
June 2008 Volume 27, Number 3
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 11
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Performance pay for teachers: Determinants and consequences
Clive R. Belfield & John S. Heywood
Theory and evidence on performance-related pay for teaching remain inconclusive. Teachers will respond to rewards, but an appropriate reward structure may not be devised because education is a... More
pp. 243-252
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Where class size really matters: Class size and student ratings of instructor effectiveness
Kelly Bedard & Peter Kuhn
We examine the impact of class size on student evaluations of instructor performance using data on all economics classes offered at the University of California, Santa Barbara from Fall 1997 to... More
pp. 253-265
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Three measures of returns to education: An illustration for the case of Spain
María Arrazola & José de Hevia
In this article, in a context of wage equations with sample selection, we propose a novel interpretation of the partial effects linked to education as additional measures of returns to education... More
pp. 266-275
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Effects of decentralization on school resources
Åsa Ahlin & Eva Mörk
Sweden has undertaken major national reforms of its school sector, which, consequently, has been classified as one of the most decentralized ones in the OECD. This paper investigates whether local ... More
pp. 276-284
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Efficiency, technology and productivity change in Australian universities, 1998–2003
Andrew C. Worthington & Boon L. Lee
In this study, productivity growth in 35 Australian universities is investigated using non-parametric frontier techniques over the period 1998–2003. The five inputs included in the analysis are... More
pp. 285-298
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The role of education in health system performance
Michel Grignon
I investigate the role of education on health, using country-level data and the production frontier framework suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO) to assess performances of health care ... More
pp. 299-307
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Unequal education, poverty and low growth—A theoretical framework for rural education of China
Fangwei Wu, Deyuan Zhang & Jinghua Zhang
This paper constructs an intertemporal substitution educational model based on endogenous growth theory and examines the rural education, farmer income and rural economic growth problems in China. ... More
pp. 308-318
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A multinomial logit model of college stopout and dropout behavior
Leslie S. Stratton, Dennis M. O’Toole & James N. Wetzel
Studies of college attrition typically assume that all attrition is permanent. We use data from the 1990/94 Beginning Postsecondary Survey to distinguish between long-term dropout and short-term... More
pp. 319-331
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Education, educational mismatch, and wage inequality: Evidence for Spain
Santiago Budría & Ana I. Moro-Egido
In this paper, we explore the connection between education and wage inequality in Spain for the period 1994–2001. Drawing on quantile regression, we describe the conditional wage distribution of... More
pp. 332-341
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Language, high school leadership and the postsecondary outcomes of Hispanic students
Fernando A. Lozano
This paper asks whether high school leadership activities play an important role in explaining the Hispanic college-completion gap. The analysis in this paper considers the role that English... More
pp. 342-353
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Birth order and participation in school sports and other extracurricular activities
Daniel I. Rees, Elizabeth Lopez, Susan L. Averett & Laura M. Argys
Argys, L.M., Rees, D.I., Averett S.L., & Witoonchart, B. (2006). Birth order and risky adolescent behavior. "Economic Inquiry", 44(2), 215–233 demonstrated that a strong link exists between birth... More
pp. 354-362
