Incluye bibliografía

1. Human capital and rates of return / George Psacharopoulos and Harry Anthony Patrinos -- 2. Signaling and screening / Sarah Brown and John G. Sessions -- 3. The economic assessment of training schemes / Peter J. Dolton -- 4. Education and economic growth / Philip Stevens and Martin Weale -- 5. Skill-biased technical change and educational outcomes / Stephen Machin -- 6. The social and external benefits of education / Walter W. McMahon -- 7. School finance / David Mitch -- 8. Funding higher education / David Greenaway and Michelle Haynes -- 9. Exploring the effect of class size on student achievement: what have we learned over the past two decades? / Susan L. Averett and Michele C. McLennan -- 10. The economics of secondary schooling / Steve Bradley and Jim Taylor -- 11. Determinants of educational success in higher education / Robin A. Naylor and Jeremy Smith -- 12. Standarts and grade inflation / Geraint Johnes -- 13. The school-to-work transition / Steve Bradley and Anh Ngoc Nguyen -- 14. The labour market for teachers / Paulo Santiago -- 15. Multi-product cost functions for universities: economies of scale and scope / Elchanan Cohn and Samuel T. Copper -- 16. Efficiency measurement / Jill Johnes -- 17. Education, child labour and development / Saqib Jafarey and Sajal Lahiri -- 18. Education and housing / William H. Hoyt.