, transition, labor markets, and education. A theme common to all the essays is the importance of education in reducing inequality …

tools of economics to assess the outcome of efforts to solve education's equal opportunity problem in a range of countries … between education and parental income, the problematic past research on peer effects, tracking, the distribution of … suggests that achieving universal primary and secondary education is both urgently needed and feasible. Will the international …

Public-private partnerships in education exist in various forms around the world, in both developed and developing … relative efficacy of these two sectors in providing education. Other chapters examine the use of publicly funded vouchers in …