This paper reviews some of the econometric methods that have been used in the economics of education. The focus is on … interpretation of the results. We start by considering the estimation of the returns to education both within the context of a … of assessing the impact of education quality, the teacher contribution to pupils' achievement and the effect of school …

The literature generally points to a negative relationship between female education and fertility. Citing this pattern … and social welfare in developing countries. This paper tests whether the relationship between fertility and education is … indeed causal by investigating the introduction of universal primary education in Nigeria. Exploiting differences by region …

We evaluate multiple variants of a commonly used intervention to boost education in developing countries -- the … combined incentives increase attendance, pass rates, enrollment, graduation rates, and matriculation to tertiary institutions …

consistent with the hypothesis that the Kenyan education system and curricular materials are oriented to the academically …) a centralized, unified education system; 2) the heterogeneity in student preparation associated with rapid expansion of … education; and 3) disproportionate elite power …

-dimensional choice set arising from the interdependence of the voucher, public education spending, and taxation. Second, even absent a … attractive to a household than either high public school spending or private education coupled with low public spending. We show …

government chooses income tax rates, per-student expenditure levels on public K-12 and college education, college tuition and the … and hence the quality of public education. More students would obtain college degrees due to increased enrollment. Over 86 …

personal income and number of students on expenditure on public primary and secondary education. Our analysis suggests that the … share of personal income devoted to education is roughly constant, implying that per student education expenditures grow at … in education expenditures over the period 1950-1970 …

, science and special education teachers working in high poverty or academically failing public secondary schools. Using …