Handbook Of The Economics Of Education, Volume 1

INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES The aim of the Handbooks in Economics series is to produce Handbooks for various branches of economics, each of which is a definitive source, reference, and teaching supplement for use by professional researchers and advanced graduate students. Each Handbook provides self-contained surveys of the current state of a branch of economics in the form of chapters prepared by leading specialists on various aspects of this branch of economics. These surveys summarize not only received results but also newer developments, from recent journal articles and discussion papers. Some original material is also included, but the main goal is to provide comprehensive and accessible surveys. The Handbooks are intended to provide not only useful reference volumes for professional collections but also possible supplementary readings for advanced courses for graduate students in economics. KENNETH J. ARROW and MICHAEL D. INTRILIGATOR v CONTENTS OF THE HANDBOOK VOLUME 1 Introduction to the Series Contents of the Handbook Preface Chapter 1 Post Schooling Wage Growth: Investment, Search and Learning Yona Rubinstein and Yoram Weiss Chapter 2 Long-Term Trends in Schooling: The Rise and Decline (?) of Public Education in the United States Sandra E. Black and Kenneth L. Sokoloff Chapter 3 Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo Chapter 4 Immigrants and Their Schooling James P. Smith Chapter 5 Educational Wage Premia and the Distribution of Earnings: An International Perspective Franco Peracchi Chapter 6 Educational Wage Premiums and the U.S. Income Distribution: A Survey Donald R. Deere and Jelena Vesovic Chapter 7 Earnings Functions, Rates of Return and Treatment Effects: The Mincer Equation and Beyond James J. Heckman, Lance J. Lochner and Petra E. Todd vii viii Contents of the Handbook Chapter 8 The Social Value of Education and Human Capital Fabian Lange and Robert Topel Chapter 9 Why Has Black–White Skill Convergence Stopped? Derek Neal Chapter 10 Education and Nonmarket Outcomes Michael Grossman Chapter 11 Does Learning to Add up Add up? The Returns to Schooling in Aggregate Data Lant Pritchett Chapter 12 Interpreting the Evidence on Life Cycle Skill Formation Flavio Cunha, James J. Heckman, Lance Lochner and Dimitriy V. Masterov Author Index Subject Index VOLUME 2 Introduction to the Series Contents of the Handbook Preface Chapter 13 Using Wages to Infer School Quality Robert Speakman and Finis Welch Chapter 14 School Resources Eric A. Hanushek Chapter 15 Drinking from the Fountain of Knowledge: Student Incentive to Study and Learn – Externalities, Information Problems and Peer Pressure John Bishop Chapter 16 Schools, Teachers, and Education Outcomes in Developing Countries Paul Glewwe and Michael Kremer Contents of the Handbook Chapter 17 Has School Desegregation Improved Academic and Economic Outcomes for Blacks? Steven Rivkin and Finis Welch Chapter 18 Teacher Quality Eric A. Hanushek and Steven G. Rivkin Chapter 19 Teacher Supply Peter J. Dolton Chapter 20 Pre-School, Day Care, and After School Care: Who’s Mind