Economics of Education 1st edition by Michael, Sarah 1319358705 9781319358709

Economics of Education 1st edition by Michael Lovenheim, Sarah E. Turner – Ebook PDF Instand Download/DeliveryISBN:  1319358705, 9781319358709
Full dowload Economics of Education 1st edition after payment

Product details:

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1319358705 

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781319358709

Author:  Michael Lovenheim, Sarah E. Turner

While there are many great research articles, good books, and provocative policy analyses related to the economics of education, these materials are often written to influence the policy process and not necessarily for students with limited knowledge of the underlying policies and the economic framework. This textbook is intended to serve as a foundation for a broad-based course on the economics of education. Its goal is to provide an overview of economics of education research: to lay out the evidence as clearly as possible, note agreements, disagreements, and unresolved points in literature, and to help students develop the tools necessary to draw their own conclusions.

Economics of Education 1st edition Table of contents:

1. Part I. Introduction and Background
2. Chapter 1 Why Do Economists Study Education Policy?
3. Prelude The U.S. Educational Attainment Gap
4. 1.1 Defining the Economics of Education
5. What Is Education?
6. What Is Economics?
7. 1.2 Studying the Economics of Education
8. Scientific Method and the Economics of Education
9. Questions for the Economics of Education
10. Markets in Education
11. 1.3 What Can Economics Teach Us About Education Policies?
12. The Different Types of Education Policies
13. Policies as a Set of Incentives
14. 1.4 The Road Ahead: Objectives and Organization of the Book
15. 1.5 Conclusion
16. Chapter 2 The Structure and History of Education Markets in the United States
17. Prelude The Education of Benjamin Franklin
18. 2.1 Defining Education Markets
19. The Levels of Education in the United States
20. Deep Dive: International Schooling Comparisons
21. Providers in Education Markets
22. Arguments for the Role of Government and Nonprofits in Education
23. 2.2 The Roles of Government in Education
24. Regulations and Mandates in Education
25. Public Funding for Education
26. 2.3 Development of Education Institutions and Attainment in the United States
27. Mid-Nineteenth Century: The Common School Movement
28. 1910–1940: The High School Movement
29. 1940–1975: Expansion at the Postsecondary Level
30. 1975–Today: The Growth in Demand for Skills and the Shift to Market-Based Schooling Policies
31. 2.4 Conclusion
32. Chapter 3 Empirical Tools of Education Economics
33. Prelude Why Does College Enrollment Differ by Family Income?
34. 3.1 Descriptive Evidence and the Distinction Between Correlation and Causation
35. Toolbox: Descriptive Statistics
36. Deep Dive: Why Is It Important to Distinguish Correlation from Causation?
37. 3.2 Randomized Control Trials: The Experimental Ideal
38. 3.3 Nonexperimental Methods
39. Regression Analysis
40. Toolbox: Omitted Variables Bias
41. Policy Changes and the Difference-in-Difference Approach
42. Instrumental Variables
43. Regression Discontinuity: Examining Sharp Breaks
44. 3.4 Conclusion
45. Part II. The Foundations of Education Production and Investment
46. Chapter 4 The Human Capital Model
47. Prelude The Education Investment Decisions of Morgan and Stanley
48. 4.1 What Is Human Capital?
49. 4.2 The Costs and Benefits of an Education
50. 4.3 Basic Setup of the Human Capital Model
51. Toolbox: Present Value and Compound Interest
52. 4.4 Present Value Formulation and Educational Investments
53. 4.5 Predictions from the Investment Model of Education
54. Changes in Direct Costs
55. Changes in Indirect Costs
56. Changes in Benefits
57. 4.6 Continuous Schooling Choices
58. Toolbox: Calculating Marginal Rates of Return: The Mincer Formulation
59. 4.7 Why Does Educational Attainment Differ Among Individuals?
60. People Differ in Their Ability to Finance Direct Costs
61. People Differ in the Benefits They Receive from Education
62. Policy Implications of Differences in Attainment
63. 4.8 Conclusion
64. Chapter 5 The Signaling Model: An Alternative to the Human Capital Framework
65. Prelude How Would You Hire the Best Workers?
66. 5.1 The Motivation for the Signaling Model
67. 5.2 Setup of the Signaling Model
68. 5.3 Signaling Model Equilibrium
69. Separating Equilibrium
70. Pooling Equilibrium
71. 5.4 Signals and Indices
72. 5.5 The Importance of Distinguishing Between the Human Capital and Signaling Models
73. The Private and Social Returns to Education
74. 5.6 Empirical Evidence on Signaling Models
75. Distinguishing Between Human Capital and Signaling Models
76. Empirical Evidence
77. Deep Dive: Estimating the Labor Market Signaling Value of a GED
78. Deep Dive: Estimating the Labor Market Signaling Value of a High School Diploma
79. Deep Dive: Sheepskin Effects in the Returns to Education
80. 5.7 Conclusion
81. Chapter 6 The Returns to Education Investment
82. Prelude Is Investing in Education “Worth It”
83. 6.1 The Difficulty of Estimating the Causal Effect of Education on Earnings
84. Selection When Ability Is One-Dimensional
85. Toolbox: Ability Bias in Estimating the Returns to Education
86. Selection When Ability is Multidimensional
87. 6.2 Empirical Evidence on the Private Returns to Educational Attainment
88. The Mincer Equation
89. Modern Approaches to Estimating the Private Returns to Schooling
90. Deep Dive: Estimating the Returns to Education Using Data on Identical Twins
91. Deep Dive: Estimating the Returns to Education Using “Random” Variation in Education from Quarter of Birth
92. 6.3 Empirical Evidence on the Social Returns to Educational Attainment
93. 6.4 Empirical Evidence on the Private Returns to Education Quality
94. Defining College Quality
95. Estimating the Causal Effect of College Quality on Earnings
96. Deep Dive: The Returns to Two- and Four-Year Colleges
97. Deep Dive: Estimating the Return to College Quality Using a Regression Discontinuity Design
98. Why Is There a Return to College Quality?
99. 6.5 Conclusion
100. Chapter 7 How Knowledge Is Produced: The Education Production Function
101. Prelude Knowledge Production Versus the Production of Computers
102. 7.1 Microeconomics of Production Functions
103. The Production Function
104. Choosing Input Levels
105. Toolbox: The Efficient Allocation of Inputs
106. Deep Dive: Technology in the Classroom: Changing Input Prices and Education Production
107. The Education Production Function with Many Inputs
108. 7.2 Implications for Education Policy
109. Different Types of Education Policies
110. Theoretical Arguments for Different Education Policies
111. 7.3 Challenges to Estimating Education Production Functions
112. Measuring Inputs
113. Measuring Outputs
114. Specifying the Production Process
115. Choosing the Unit of Analysis
116. 7.4 Conclusion
117. Part III. Elementary and Secondary Education Policy
118. Chapter 8 The Financing of Local Public Schools
119. Prelude Serrano v. Priest
120. 8.1 School Financing in the United States: Trends and Levels
121. 8.2 Local School Choice: Voting with Your Feet
122. The Free Rider Problem
123. The Tiebout Model
124. Challenges for the Tiebout Model
125. Empirical Evidence on Tiebout Sorting
126. 8.3 The School Finance Reform Movement
127. Local Versus Centralized Financing
128. Judicial Action and Legislative Response
129. 8.4 Forms of School Finance Centralization and Aid
130. The Community Budget Constraint
131. Block and Matching Grants
132. Actual State Aid Formulas
133. Paying for School Finance Equalization
134. Deep Dive: “Robin Hood and His Not So Merry Plan”
135. School Finance Reform in Practice
136. 8.5 Conclusion
137. Chapter 9 Does Money Matter? The Relationship Between Education Inputs and Educational Outcomes
138. Prelude The Coleman Report
139. 9.1 The Hanushek Critique
140. The Relationship Between Total Resource Policies and Outcomes
141. Deep Dive: The Relationship Between State Spending and Student Test Scores
142. Explanations for Small Total Resource Effects
143. Measurement Problems in Capturing Resource Effects
144. Deep Dive: The Effects of Education Resources on Long-Run Outcomes
145. Deep Dive: The Effects of School Finance Reforms on Educational Outcomes
146. 9.2 The Effect of Class Size Reduction Policies
147. Project STAR
148. Deep Dive: The Difficulty of Running a Social Experiment
149. Deep Dive: Long-Run Class Size Effects
150. Nonexperimental Class Size Studies
151. Evidence from Policy Variation
152. Deep Dive: The California Class Size Reduction Policy
153. 9.3 Teacher Quality
154. Value-Added and the Measurement of Teacher Quality
155. Toolbox: Estimating Teacher Value-Added
156. Deep Dive: Nonexperimental and Simulation Evidence on the Validity of Value-Added Models
157. How Much Does Teacher Quality Matter?
158. The Relationship Between Teacher Quality and Teacher Characteristics
159. 9.4 Conclusion
160. Chapter 10 School Choice: A Market-Based Approach to Education Reform
161. Prelude The Founding of KIPP Schools
162. 10.1 Economic Theory of School Choice
163. Matching Student Demand and Local Public Schools
164. Toolbox: Utility Maximization and Optimal Consumption Decisions
165. Introducing School Choice Mechanisms
166. The Supply Side of the Market and School Choice
167. 10.2 School Choice Policies
168. Charter Schools
169. Open Enrollment
170. Private and Parochial School Tuition Vouchers
171. Magnet Schools
172. Homeschooling
173. 10.3 Effects of School Choice Policies on Student Outcomes
174. The Role of Selection in School Choice Studies
175. Empirical Evidence on the Effect of School Choice on Student Achievement
176. Toolbox: Calculating the Intent to Treat and the Treatment Effect on the Treated
177. Deep Dive: The Harlem Children’s Zone
178. Deep Dive: Parental Information About School Quality and Open Enrollment Policies
179. 10.4 Effects of School Choice Policies on Competition and Traditional Public Schools
180. Empirical Challenges
181. Evidence on How School Choice Policies Affect Competition and Traditional Public Schools
182. 10.5 Conclusion
183. Chapter 11 Test-Based Accountability Programs
184. Prelude The Rise of Test-Based Accountability
185. 11.1 Accountability: Measurement, Rewards, and Punishment
186. What Is Test-Based Accountability?
187. School Accountability in the United States
188. Deep Dive: The Politics of Common Core Standards
189. Deep Dive: The Design of No Child Left Behind
190. 11.2 School Accountability Measures
191. 11.3 Do School Accountability Policies Change Student Performance?
192. The Effect of School Accountability Policies on Student Achievement
193. Deep Dive: The Effect of the Florida Accountability System on Student Achievement
194. Effects on the Distribution of Student Achievement
195. Explaining Achievement Effects: School Responses to Accountability Pressure
196. Unintended Effects: Evidence of Gaming and Cheating
197. Deep Dive: How Schools and Teachers Respond to Accountability Pressure
198. 11.4 Do Student Accountability Policies Change Student Performance?
199. 11.5 Conclusion
200. Chapter 12 Teacher Labor Markets
201. Prelude Classrooms Without Teachers: The Teacher “Shortage” Problem
202. 12.1 Supply and Demand in Teacher Labor Markets
203. Teacher Supply, Demand, and Wage Schedules
204. Compensating Differentials
205. 12.2 Who Becomes a Teacher, and Does It Matter?
206. The Roy Model and Occupational Choice
207. Changes in the Composition of Teachers over Time
208. Deep Dive: The Link Between Teacher Compensation and Student Outcomes
209. Teacher Mobility over the Career Cycle
210. 12.3 Teachers Unions
211. What Are Teachers Unions?
212. A Brief History of the Teacher Unionization and Collective Bargaining Movement
213. The Structure of Union Contracts
214. Evidence on the Effect of Unions on School Districts and Students
215. 12.4 Teacher Incentive Pay
216. The Principal–Agent Model
217. Different Forms of Teacher Merit Pay
218. Does Teacher Incentive Pay Affect Student Achievement?
219. 12.5 Teacher Certification
220. Deep Dive: The Effect of Teach for America Teachers on Student Achievement
221. 12.6 Conclusion
222. Part IV. Higher Education Policy
223. Chapter 13 Market Dimensions of Higher Education in the United States
224. Prelude The Higher Education Market in Chicago
225. 13.1 What Do Universities Do?
226. The University as a Firm
227. The Government’s Role in Higher Education
228. The Optimization Problem for Colleges and Universities
229. 13.2 The History and Structure of Higher Education in the United States
230. Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Higher Education
231. Deep Dive: The Founding of Cornell University
232. Origins of United States Research Universities
233. “Mass” Higher Education
234. Twenty-First-Century Supply-Side Changes
235. 13.3 The Financing of Higher Education
236. Revenues and Expenses
237. Higher Education Costs and Prices
238. 13.4 Heterogeneity and Stratification in the Market for Higher Education
239. Heterogeneity in Higher Education
240. Stratification in Public Higher Education
241. Stratification in Private Higher Education
242. Competition and Stratification over Time in the Higher Education Market
243. 13.5 Conclusion
244. Chapter 14 Paying for College: Student Financial Aid Policies and Collegiate Enrollment
245. Prelude Financing a College Investment
246. 14.1 Inequality and Inefficiency in Collegiate Enrollment and Attainment
247. Differences in College Investment by Income
248. Short-Run Versus Long-Run Credit Constraints
249. Empirical Evidence on Short-Run Credit Constraints
250. Deep Dive: Credit Constraints and Housing Markets
251. Other Barriers to Enrollment
252. 14.2 The Structure of Financial Aid in the United States
253. The Different Types of Aid Policies
254. Federal Financial Aid
255. Deep Dive: The Price of Borrowing
256. Other Sources of Financial Aid
257. Deep Dive: Place-Based “Promise” Programs
258. How Is Need-Based Aid Determined?
259. Deep Dive: Calculating Financial Aid Eligibility
260. 14.3 The Effect of Net Price and Financial Aid on Behavior
261. Empirical Framework and Estimation Challenges
262. Federal Aid
263. Deep Dive: The Role of Complexity and Student Knowledge
264. State Merit Aid
265. 14.4 Student Debt
266. Levels and Trends of Student Debt
267. Default and Repayment of Student Debt
268. Repayment Alternatives
269. 14.5 Conclusion
270. Chapter 15 The Economics of College Life: Admissions, Peer Effects, and Graduation
271. Prelude College Choices as Economic Choices
272. 15.1 The Economics of College Choice
273. College Application and Admissions
274. Deep Dive: College Admissions Essays
275. 15.2 Policies to Improve Matching Students and Colleges
276. Early Decision and Early Action
277. Race-Based Affirmative Action Policies
278. 15.3 Peer and Student Inputs in Knowledge Production
279. Peer Effects
280. Working and Studying
281. 15.4 Choosing a Major
282. 15.5 College Completion
283. 15.6 Conclusion

People also search for Economics of Education 1st edition:

economics of education lovenheim
    
economics of education lovenheim pdf
    
economics of education textbook
    
michael lovenheim
    
michael f. lovenheim