The Economics of Higher EducationC. R. Belfield, Henry M. Levin 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. |
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academic analysis Associate's degrees attending Bayh-Dole Act changes coefficients cohort college graduates college major college quality college type costs decline differences differential diploma effects dummy coded dummy variables earnings Economic Returns Economics of Education Education Review effects of college enrollment equation estimates evidence experience faculty family background father's education females filter financial aid gender groups growth rate higher education Hispanic human capital Human Resources impact included income increase individuals institutions IRORs Journal of Human Labor Economics labor market males measures Mincer-type NLSY Nordic countries OECD OECD Countries Oosterbeek output overall Pell grant percent predicted productivity Psacharopoulos quartile rates of return regression relative return to education return to schooling Returns in OECD salaries sample secondary sector selection selection bias sheepskin effects social spline Survey Table tion tuition undergraduate university patents versus vocational wage function women workers