The Economics of Education

Steve Bradley is a Professor of Economics. He was educated at Leeds Metropolitan University and Lancaster University from which he holds masters and doctorate degrees. Prior to his entry to academia, Steve spent ten years working in Local Government as a member of the Education Department of Lancashire County Council. His research interests fall into two areas – Education Economics and Labour Economics. He has published widely on issues related to the operation and impact of introducing a quasi-market in the secondary education sector, and the econometric analysis of educational policy. Published work in the field of Labour Economics includes the employer selection and recruitment, tests of theories of labour market matching, the effect of employment protection on worker effort. Recently, he has, in conjunction with colleagues in the Department, completed a Nuffield Foundation-funded project evaluating the impact of the specialist schools policy on educational and labour market outcomes. Professor Bradley's current research interests focus on the determinants of youth unemployment and economic inactivity for Britain, Italy and Spain, the effect of teaching quality on the educational attainment of secondary school pupils and the analysis of transition behaviour in the adult labour market. Colin Green has been Professor of Economics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 2017. Previously he was Professor of Economics at Lancaster University. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Queensland in 2008. His research areas broadly cover applied microeconomics and issues of public policy. This includes research in education, labour, health and personnel economics. He is Editor in Chief at Education Economics, Associate Editor at the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and co-founded and organises the annual International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education (IWAEE).

Education Markets, Choice, and Incentives 1. The Economic Role of the State in Education 2. Educational Privatization 3. Tiebout Sorting and Competition 4. The Economics of Catholic Schools 5. Competition and Student Performance 6. The Economics of Charter Schools 7. The Economics of Parental Choice 8. The Efficacy of Educational Vouchers 9. The Economics of School Accountability 10. Student Incentives

Overview 1. Theoretical Concepts in the Economics of Education 2. Empirical Research Methods in the Economics of Education 3. Data in the Economics of Education

Private and Social Returns to Human Capital Investments 1. Human Capital 2. Signaling in the Labor Market 3. Returns to Education in Developed Countries 4. Returns to Education in Developing Countries 5. School Quality and Earnings 6. Education and Economic Growth 7. The External Benefits of Education 8. Education and Health 9. Education and Civic Engagement 10. Education and Crime 11. Education and Inequality 12. Race Earnings Differentials 13. The Economics of High School Dropouts

Production, Costs, and Financing of Education 1. Education Production Functions Concepts 2. Education Production Functions Evidence from Developed Countries 3. Education Production Functions Evidence from Developing Countries 4. Family Environment in the Production of Schooling 5. Parental Socioeconomic Status, Child Health, and Human Capital 6. Neighborhoods and Peers in the Production of Schooling 7. Desegregation, Academic Achievement, and Earnings 8. Teacher Quality in Education Production 9. The Economics of Class Size 10. The Economics of Early Childhood Interventions 11. Cost-Benefit Analysis and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 12. Economic Approaches to Adequacy 13. Economic Approaches to School Efficiency 14. School Finance: An Overview 15. School Finance Reform 16. The Economics of Tuition and Fees in American Higher Education

Teachers and Teacher Labor Markets 1. Teacher Labor Markets: An Overview 2. Teachers in Developing Countries 3. Teacher Supply 4. Economic Approaches to Teacher Recruitment and Retention 5. Compensating Differentials in Teacher Labor Markets 6. Teacher Incentives 7. The Economics of Teachers Unions in the United States 8. Teacher Training and Preparation in the United States