Vol. 3: How does education affect economic and social outcomes, and how can it inform public policy? Volume 3 of the Handbooks in the Economics of Education uses newly available high quality data from around the world to address these and other core questions. With the help of new methodological...

The Handbooks in Economics series continues to provide the various branches of economics with handbooks which are definitive reference sources, suitable for use by professional researchers, advanced graduate students, or by those seeking a teaching supplement. With contributions from leading...

What is the value of an education? Volume 4 of the Handbooks in the Economics of Education combines recent data with new methodologies to examine this and related questions from diverse perspectives. School choice and school competition, educator incentives, the college premium, and other...

How does education affect economic and social outcomes, and how can it inform public policy? Volume 3 of the Handbooks in the Economics of Education uses newly available high quality data from around the world to address these and other core questions. With the help of new methodological...

Autoren in der Doktorandenausbildung führen in 35 Beiträgen ihr Wissen aus einem breiten Spektrum von selbst durchgeführten Projekten und aus Erkenntnissen der Literatur zusammen. Durch eine sorgfältige Begutachtung haben die Herausgeber ihre methodische Erfahrung einfließen lassen. Jeder...

Forschungsstrategie -- Großzahlige empirische Forschung -- Experimente -- Erkenntnisgewinnung durch Fallstudien -- Datensammlung -- Verfahren der Datenerhebung -- Messen und Skalieren von Sachverhalten -- Möglichkeiten der Stichprobenbildung -- Subjektive versus objektive Erfolgsmaße -- Die...