The Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Education

Introduction / Brian P. McCall -- Econometric methods for education / Luc Behaghel and Maria Florencia Pinto -- Early childhood education in the United States : what, when, where, who, how, and why / Elizabeth U. Cascio -- Nearly three decades into the charter school movement, what has research told us about charter schools? / Ron Zimmer, Richard Buddin, Sarah Ausmus Smith and Danielle Duffy-Chipman -- School accountability / Jason Burns and Katharine Strunk -- Evaluating teacher effectiveness : a review of historical developments and current trends / Chris Brooks and Matthew G. Springer -- Is education different? : a review of the voucher literature and lessons for implementation / Dennis Epple, Richard E. Romano and Miguel Urquiola -- Teacher labor markets : what have we learned over the last decade? / Jessalynn James and James Wyckoff -- Teacher labor markets in developing countries / Lee Crawfurd and Todd Pugatch -- School resources and educational outcomes in developing countries / Paul Glewwe, Celestine Siameh, Bixuan Sun and Suzanne Wisniewski -- Peer effects in education / Angela Cools and Eleonora Patacchini -- Socio-economic inequalities in education beyond the early years / Claire Crawford, Lindsey Macmillan and Gill Wyness -- Factors shaping college investment and enrollment gaps / George Bulman and Jesse Cunha -- Vocational education : an international perspective / Celeste Carruthers and Christopher Jepsen -- Student persistence and bachelor's degree completion / Brian P. McCall -- College majors / Arpita Patnaik, Matthew Wiswall and Basit Zafar -- Student loan borrowing and repayment decisions : risks and contingencies / Kartik Athreya, Christopher Herrington, Felicia Ionescu and Urvi Neelkakantan' -- For-profit colleges in the United States : insights from two decades of research / Stephanie Riegg Cellini -- Competition in higher education / Michael Kaganovich, Sinan Sarpça and Xuejuan Su -- Education and economic growth / Anna Valero.