Volume 1: Handbook of the Economics of Education, 1st Edition

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*Every volume contains contributions from leading researchers
*Each Handbook presents an accurate, self-contained survey of a particular topic
*The series provides comprehensive and accessible surveys

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The Handbooks in Economics series continues to provide the various branches of economics with handbooks which are definitive reference sources, suitable for use by professional researchers, advanced graduate students, or by those seeking a teaching supplement.

With contributions from leading researchers, each Handbook presents an accurate, self-contained survey of the current state of the topic under examination. These surveys summarize the most recent discussions in journals, and elucidate new developments.

Although original material is also included, the main aim of this series is the provision of comprehensive and accessible surveys.

Readership

Economists: professional researchers, advanced graduate students

Handbook of the Economics of Education, 1st Edition

1. Post Schooling Wage Growth: Investment, Search and Learning
Yona Rubinstein and Yoram Weiss
2. Long Term Trends in Schooling: The Rise and Decline (?) of Public Education in the United States
Sandra E. Black and Kenneth L. Sokoloff
3. Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States
William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo
4. Immigrants and Their Schooling
James P. Smith
5. Educational Wage Premia and the Distribution o f Earnings: An International Perspective
Franco Peracchi
6. Educational Wage Premiums and the U.S. Income Distribution: A Survey
Donald R. Deere and Jelena Vesovic
7. Earnings Functions, Rates of Return and Treatment Effects: The Mincer Equation and Beyond
James J. Heckman, Lance J. Lochner and Petra E. Todd
8. The Social Value of Education and Human Capital
Fabian Lange and Robert Topel
9. Why Has Black-White Skill Convergence Stopped?
Derek Neal
10. Education and Nonmarket Outcomes
Michael Grossman
11. Does Learning to Add Up Add Up? The Returns to Schooling in Aggregate Data
Lant Pritchett
12. Interpreting the Evidence on Life Cycle Skill Formation
Flavio Cunha, James J. Heckman, Lance Lochner and Dimitriy V. Masterov