Handbook of Contemporary Education Economics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1785369067 ISBN 13: 9781785369063

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the modern economics of education literature, bringing together a series of original contributions by globally renowned experts in their fields. Covering a wide variety of topics, each chapter assesses the most recent research with an emphasis on skills, evaluation and data analytics.

Beginning with an analysis of the economic returns to education, the Handbook proceeds to examine educational production functions, various funding models, and the labour market for educators. The Handbook goes beyond these traditional concerns of the economics of education, by revealing how the methods of economics can be applied in the context of education to open up the 'black box' of production in this sector. Detailed analysis and evaluation of educational production offers practical solutions and reveals considerable new insight about the specific interventions that can be made to enhance the value of schooling. Significant new lines of research are also suggested.

This Handbook should be read by economists, policy-makers and practitioners in the field of education. Academics in the areas of the economics of education, labour economics and educational policy will also find this Handbook invaluable for current and further research.

Contributors include: T. Agasisti, R. Bachan, N. Barr, C.R. Belfield, A.J. Bowers, M. Bray, J. Britton, S.J. Cabus, I. Cornelisz, K. De Witte, A. Di Liberto, L. Fengliang, J. Ghysels, C. Haelermans, P. Iatarola, G. Johnes, J. Johnes, H.M. Levin, J. Liu, L. López-Torres, S. McIntosh, A. McKnight, B. Reilly, F. Saltiel, D. Santin, M. Sarzosa, G. Sicilia, L. Stiefel, F. Tomini, S. Urzua, A. Vignoles, S. Vincent-Lancrin

About this title

About the Author:

Edited by Geraint Johnes, Professor of Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Jill Johnes, Professor of Production Economics, Huddersfield Business School, University of Huddersfield, UK, Tommaso Agasisti, Associate Professor, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy and Laura Lopez-Torres, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Business, University of Alcala, Spain

Review:

'This is a very exciting volume. Education is a vibrant, fast paced field in economics, with diverse areas of focus, but all with critical impact on real lives. The Editors have brought some of the world's best together to deliver a sharp focus on these latest developments, but with a critical eye on policy implications. The linking of current academic thinking to policy is a distinctive feature of this Handbook.'
--Colm Harmon, The University of Sydney, Australia

'This Handbook covers most of the topics ranging between equity in educational opportunities and efficiency in use of resources. Undoubtedly education represents an asset during working life, but a significant fraction of students are deprived from ownership, due to lack of adequate socio-emotional skills. Ensuring equal opportunities to every student may not be cost effective but it is policy relevant. Many contributions in the volume helps to appraise the relevance of these two poles.'
--Daniele Checchi, University of Milan, Italy

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1785369067
• ISBN 13: 9781785369063
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: Johnes Geraint, Johnes Jill, Agasisti Tommaso, López-Torres Laura