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Summary
Summary
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
*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
Author Notes
Eric Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. He is also chairman of the Executive Committee for the Texas Schools Project at the University of Texas at Dallas, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences and of the Governor's Advisory Committee on Education Excellence (California).
Table of Contents
| Volume 2 |
| 13 Using Wages to Infer School Quality |
| 14 School Resources |
| 15 Drinking from the Fountain of Knowledge: Student Incentive to Study and Learn Externalities, Information Problems and Peer Pressure |
| 16 Schools, teachers, and Education Outcomes in Developing Countries |
| 17 Has School Desegregation Improved Academic and Economic Outcomes for Blacks? |
| 18 Teacher Quality |
| 19 Teacher Supply |
| 20 Pre-School, Day Care and After School Care: Whos Minding the Kids? |
| 21 The Courts and Public School Finance: Judge-Made Centralization and Economic Research |
| 22 Income and Peer Quality Sorting in Public and Private Schools |
| 23 Public Intervention in Post-Secondary Education |
| 24 US Higher Education Finance |
| 25 Income Contingent Loans for Higher Education: International Reforms |
