The Economics Of Higher Education PDF Download

Part 1 Economic benefits of higher education: the economic returns to lifelong learning in OECD countries, Elchanan Cohn and John T. Addison; changes in the rate of return to education in Sweden, Marten O. Palme and Robert E. Wright; the economic returns to college major, quality and performance - a multilevel analysis of recent graduates, Russell W. Rumberger and Scott L. Thomas; does it pay to attend an elite private college? cross-cohort evidence on the effects of college type on earnings, Dominic J. Brewer; the gender earnings gap among college-educated workers, Linda Datcher Loury; higher education as a filter, Kenneth J. Arrow; degrees matter - new evidence on sheepskin effects in the returns to education, David A. Jaeger and Marianne E. Page; health, wealth and happiness - why pursue a higher education?, Joop Hartog and Hessel Oosterbeek; R & D-based models of economic growth, Charles I. Jones; universities as a source of commercial technology - a detailed analysis of university patenting, 1965-1988, Rebecca Henderson, Adam B. Jaffe and Manuel Trajtenberg; public spending on higher education in developing countries - too much or too little?, Nancy Birdsall. Part 2 Student demand and student preferences: student price response in higher education - an update to Leslie and Brinkman, Donald E. Heller; college entry by blacks since 1970 - the role of college costs, family background and the returns to education, Thomas J. Kane. Part 3 Technology and production of higher education: the analytics of the pricing of higher education and other services in which the customers are inputs, Michael Rothschild and Lawrence J. White; evaluating educational inputs in undergraduate education, Robert C. Dolan et al; the determinants of undergraduate grade point average - the relative importance of family background, high school resources and peer group effects, Julian R. Betts and Darlene Morell; determinants of college completion - school quality of stud.