Long description:

Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume Seven describes the research frontier in key topical areas and sets the agenda for further work. Sections in this new release include Methods for Measuring School Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation and Training, U.S. School Finance: Resources and Outcomes, College Costs, Financial Aid, and Student Decisions, Firm Training, Multidimensional Human Capital and the Wage Structure, and more.

By bringing together some of the world's leading scholars, this volume provides a unique view of scholarship in the area. The international perspectives of the editors - Hanushek at Stanford, Machin at LSE, and Woessmann at Munich - leads to a volume with something for all researchers. Topics range from the economics of early childhood education to inequality in society to cash transfers in developing countries.

Table of Contents:

1. Methods for measuring school effectiveness
Joshua Angrist, Peter Hull and Christopher Walters

2. Teacher evaluation and training
Eric S. Taylor

3. U.S. school finance: Resources and outcomes
Danielle Victoria Handel and Eric A. Hanushek

4. College costs, financial aid, and student decisions
Susan Dynarski, Lindsay Page and Judith Scott-Clayton

5. Firm training
Dan A. Black, Lars Skipper and Jeffrey A. Smith

6. Multidimensional human capital and the wage structure
David J. Deming