Geraint Johnes – författare

Beginning with an analysis of the economic returns to education, the Handbook proceeds to examine educational production functions, various funding models, and the labour market for educators. The Handbook goes beyond these traditional concerns of the economics of education, by revealing how the methods of economics can be applied in the context of education to open up the ''black box'' of production in this sector. Detailed analysis and evaluation of educational production offers practical solutions and reveals considerable new insight about the specific interventions that can be made to enhance the value of schooling. Significant new lines of research are also suggested.

This Handbook should be read by economists, policy-makers and practitioners in the field of education. Academics in the areas of the economics of education, labour economics and educational policy will also find this Handbook invaluable for current and further research.

Contributors include: T. Agasisti, R. Bachan, N. Barr, C.R. Belfield, A.J. Bowers, M. Bray, J. Britton, S.J. Cabus, I. Cornelisz, K. De Witte, A. Di Liberto, L. Fengliang, J. Ghysels, C. Haelermans, P. Iatarola, G. Johnes, J. Johnes, H.M. Levin, J. Liu, L. López-Torres, S. McIntosh, A. McKnight, B. Reilly, F. Saltiel, D. Santin, M. Sarzosa, G. Sicilia, L. Stiefel, F. Tomini, S. Urzua, A. Vignoles, S. Vincent-Lancrin

This book provides an engaging introduction to economics through a literary lens. Drawing on writers such as James Joyce, George Eliot, Edith Wharton, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and Elizabeth Gaskell, each chapter is framed around a quote from a classic text of English literature that helps tease out a key economic concept and demonstrate its broader relevance. While rigorous, the book is virtually free of technical language and aims to give a concise overview of all the main topics in contemporary economics – from supply and demand, pricing, labour markets, externalities, and game theory, to environmental and behavioural economics, fiscal policy and business cycles, modern approaches to macroeconomics and economic growth.

Interweaving literary examples with easy-to-follow explanations and reflective tasks, the book takes an interdisciplinary approach to economics and literature that requires no prior knowledge in either camp, but which illuminates patterns of real-world behaviour observed by novelists and economists alike. This concise and accessible book will be a valuable tool for students embarking on introductory economics courses, economics modules in business studies, and interdisciplinary courses more broadly, as well as the general reader interested in building their knowledge of economics.