This paper systematically identifies the market and non-market returns to education over the life cycle of gruaduates, as well as the social benefits externalities. It considers the most recent developments in the measurement and the valuation of these returns to additions to existing provisions...

This major Handbook comprehensively surveys the rapidly growing field of the economics of education. It is unique in that it comprises original contributions on an exceptional range of topics from a review of human capital, signalling and screening models, to consideration of issues such as...

The effects of college tuition costs on early career educational, occupational and economic achievements were estimated for a national sample of black and white college students. The findings suggest that attending a relatively high tuition college has a ...

This paper addresses the question of why young people go on from school to higher education in Australia. A person situation interactionist theory to explain decisions taken in the matter is developed, and in the light of this theory a model to predict ...