What's the Good of Education? : : The Economics of Education in the UK / / Stephen Machin, Anna Vignoles.

Volumes have been written about the value of more and better education. But is there sufficient evidence to support the commonly held belief that we, as individuals and as a community, should be investing more in education? This book explores that question in unprecedented detail, drawing on empiric...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • Brief Glossary on UK Education Terminology
  • PART 1. Introduction
  • Chapter One: Overview
  • Chapter Two: The United Kingdom Education System in a Comparative Context / Hansen, Kirstine / Vignoles, Anna
  • PART 2. Who Gets More Education?
  • Chapter Three: School and Teacher Effectiveness / Chevalier, Arnaud / Dolton, Peter / Levacic, Ros
  • Chapter Four: The Labour Market for Teachers / Chevalier, Arnaud / Dolton, Peter
  • Chapter Five: Post-Compulsory Education and Qualification Attainment / Clark, Damon / Conlon, Gavan / Galindo-Rueda, Fernando
  • Chapter Six: Educational Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility / Blanden, Jo / Gregg, Paul / Machin, Stephen
  • PART 3. Economic Outcomes and Education
  • Chapter Seven: Measuring the Returns to Education / Blundell, Richard / Dearden, Lorraine / Sianesi, Barbara
  • Chapter Eight: Employers' Selection Decisions: the Role of Qualifications and Tests / Jenkins, Andrew / Wolf, Alison
  • Chapter Nine: Evidence on the Balance of Supply and Demand for QualifiedWorkers / McIntosh, Steven
  • PART 4. What Can Education Policy Do?
  • Chapter Ten: Economic Evaluation of Education Initiatives / Emmerson, Carl / McNally, Sandra / Meghir, Costas
  • Chapter Eleven: Education Policy and the Evidence / Machin, Stephen / Vignoles, Anna
  • References