Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2004. xii, 860
p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and
index. Contents: Introduction 1. Human Capital and Rates of
Return 2. Signalling and Screening 3. The Economic Assessment of
Training Schemes 4. Education and Economic Growth 5. Skill-
Biased Technical Change and Educational Outcomes 6. The Social
and External Benefits of Education 7. School Finance 8. Funding
Higher Education 9. Exploring the Effect of Class Size on
Student Achievement: What Have We Learned Over the Past Two
Decades? 10. The Economics of Secondary Schooling 11.
Determinants of Educational Success in Higher Education 12.
Standards and Grade Inflation 13. The School-to-Work Transition
14. The Labour Market for Teachers 15. Multi-product Cost
Functions for Universities: Economies of Scale and Scope 16.
Efficiency Measurement 17. Education, Child Labour and
Development 18. Education and Housing Index Contributors: S.L.
Averett, S. Bradley, S. Brown, E. Cohn, S.T. Cooper, P.J