Handbook of Contemporary Education Economics

Edited by Geraint Johnes, Professor of Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Jill Johnes, Emeritus Professor, Huddersfield Business School, University of Huddersfield, UK, Tommaso Agasisti, Associate Professor, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy and Laura López-Torres, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Business, University of Alcalá, Spain

'This is a very exciting volume. Education is a vibrant, fast paced field in economics, with diverse areas of focus, but all with critical impact on real lives. The Editors have brought some of the world's best together to deliver a sharp focus on these latest developments, but with a critical eye on policy implications. The linking of current academic thinking to policy is a distinctive feature of this Handbook.'--Colm Harmon, The University of Sydney, Australia'This Handbook covers most of the topics ranging between equity in educational opportunities and efficiency in use of resources. Undoubtedly education represents an asset during working life, but a significant fraction of students are deprived from ownership, due to lack of adequate socio-emotional skills. Ensuring equal opportunities to every student may not be cost effective but it is policy relevant. Many contributions in the volume helps to appraise the relevance of these two poles.'--Daniele Checchi, University of Milan, Italy

• Contents: Introduction1. Human capital and Returns to EducationGeraint Johnes, Jill Johnes and Laura López-Torres 2. Cognitive and Socio-Emotional AbilitiesFernando Saltiel, Miguel Sarzosa and Sergio Urzúa3. Why Do School Dropout Rates Vary (So Much) Across Countries? A SurveySofie Josefina Cabus4. Education and social mobility: Theory, evidence and policy challengesAbigail McKnight5. Inequality and education: Education as a cure for disadvantageKristof De Witte and Florian Tomini6. Labour Market Polarisation and the Implications for EducationSteven McIntosh7. Evaluating Didactical Interventions in Primary and Secondary EducationCarla Haelermans and Joris Ghysels8. Understanding innovation in education: Where do we stand?Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin9. Data Analytics and Decision Making in Education: Towards the Educational Data Scientist as a Key Actor in Schools and Higher Education InstitutionsTommaso Agasisti and Alex J. Bowers10. Impact Evaluation and Frontier Methods in Education: A step forwardDaniel Santín and Gabriela Sicilia11. Education production functionsJack Britton and Anna Vignoles12. Student Achievement and Costs in Small SchoolsPatrice Iatarola and Leanna Stiefel13. Theory versus Empirics: A Review of the International School Choice LiteratureIlja Cornelisz14. School management and student achievementsAdriana Di Liberto15. Cost-effectiveness and educational efficiencyHenry M. Levin and Clive R. Belfield16. Funding post-compulsory education Nicholas Barr17. The economics of distance educationFengliang Li18. Understanding Shadow Education from the Perspective of Economics of EducationJunyan Liu and Mark Bray19. Pay in Education: Vice Chancellor and Rector RemunerationRay Bachan and Barry ReillyIndex