In this book Eric Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann make a simple, central claim, developed with rigorous theoretical and empirical support: knowledge is the key to a country's development. Of course, every country acknowledges the importance of developing human capital, but Hanushek and Woessmann argue[...]
How does education affect economic and social outcomes, and how can it inform public policy? Volume 3 of the "Handbooks in the Economics of Education" uses newly available high quality data from around the world to address these and other core questions. With the help of new methodological approache[...]
What is the value of an education? This title combines data with methodologies to examine this and related questions from diverse perspectives. It demonstrates how methodologies are yielding fresh perspectives in education economics.[...]