Steve Bradley is a Professor of Economics. He was educated at Leeds Metropolitan University and Lancaster University from which he holds masters and doctorate degrees. Prior to his entry to academia, Steve spent ten years working in Local Government as a member of the Education Department of Lancashire County Council.His research interests fall into two areas – Education Economics and Labour Economics. He has published widely on issues related to the operation and impact of introducing a quasi-market in the secondary education sector, and the econometric analysis of educational policy. Published work in the field of Labour Economics includes the employer selection and recruitment, tests of theories of labour market matching, the effect of employment protection on worker effort. Recently, he has, in conjunction with colleagues in the Department, completed a Nuffield Foundation-funded project evaluating the impact of the specialist schools policy on educational and labour market outcomes. Professor Bradley's current research interests focus on the determinants of youth unemployment and economic inactivity for Britain, Italy and Spain, the effect of teaching quality on the educational attainment of secondary school pupils and the analysis of transition behaviour in the adult labour market. Colin Green has been Professor of Economics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 2017. Previously he was Professor of Economics at Lancaster University. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Queensland in 2008. His research areas broadly cover applied microeconomics and issues of public policy. This includes research in education, labour, health and personnel economics. He is Editor in Chief at Education Economics, Associate Editor at the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and co-founded and organises the annual International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education (IWAEE).

"Revised and expanded edition’s forty-two papers examine issues related to the funding and provision of resources in education, discussing returns to education, determinants of test scores, the behavioral economics of education, and recent policy developments." --Journal of Economic Literature

• Education Markets, Choice, and Incentives1. The Economic Role of the State in Education2. Educational Privatization3. Tiebout Sorting and Competition4. The Economics of Catholic Schools5. Competition and Student Performance6. The Economics of Charter Schools7. The Economics of Parental Choice8. The Efficacy of Educational Vouchers9. The Economics of School Accountability10. Student IncentivesOverview1. Theoretical Concepts in the Economics of Education2. Empirical Research Methods in the Economics of Education3. Data in the Economics of EducationPrivate and Social Returns to Human Capital Investments1. Human Capital2. Signaling in the Labor Market3. Returns to Education in Developed Countries4. Returns to Education in Developing Countries5. School Quality and Earnings6. Education and Economic Growth7. The External Benefits of Education8. Education and Health9. Education and Civic Engagement10. Education and Crime11. Education and Inequality12. Race Earnings Differentials13. The Economics of High School DropoutsProduction, Costs, and Financing of Education1. Education Production Functions Concepts2. Education Production Functions Evidence from Developed Countries3. Education Production Functions Evidence from Developing Countries4. Family Environment in the Production of Schooling5. Parental Socioeconomic Status, Child Health, and Human Capital6. Neighborhoods and Peers in the Production of Schooling7. Desegregation, Academic Achievement, and Earnings8. Teacher Quality in Education Production9. The Economics of Class Size10. The Economics of Early Childhood Interventions11. Cost-Benefit Analysis and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis12. Economic Approaches to Adequacy13. Economic Approaches to School Efficiency14. School Finance: An Overview15. School Finance Reform16. The Economics of Tuition and Fees in American Higher EducationTeachers and Teacher Labor Markets1. Teacher Labor Markets: An Overview2. Teachers in Developing Countries3. Teacher Supply4. Economic Approaches to Teacher Recruitment and Retention5. Compensating Differentials in Teacher Labor Markets6. Teacher Incentives7. The Economics of Teachers Unions in the United States8. Teacher Training and Preparation in the United States