Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction and summary / Gary Burtless -- School resources and student performance / Eric A. Hanushek -- Have times changed? The relation between school resources and student performance / Larry V. Hedges and Rob Greenwald -- Evidence from fifteen schools in Austin, Texas / Richard J. Murnane and Frank Levy -- Labor market effects of school quality : theory and evidence / David Card and Alan B. Krueger -- Is there a link between school inputs and earnings? Fresh scrutiny of an old literature / Julian R. Betts -- Does measured school quality really matter? An examination of the earnings-quality relationship / James Heckman, Anne Layne-Farrar, and Petra Todd.

Classification

• LCC: LC66
• Dewey Decimal: 338.4/737/0973

Book Details

• Language: eng
• Physical Description: xvi, 296 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
• Edition Info: (pbk.)

Subjects

• Education -- Economic aspects -- United States
• Education -- United States -- Finance
• Academic achievement -- United States
• Wages -- Effect of education on -- United States

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