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 …

of education. We conclude by showing that our index provides similar results in a separate sample of charter schools …

between education and allocative efficiency. Section I is reprinted from my J.P.E. paper quot;Education in Productionquot …

This paper presents a survey and interpretation of recent research on the return to education. The empirical findings … in a series of current papers suggest that the causal effect of education on earnings is understated by standard …

A structural model of the demand for college attendance is derived from the theory of comparative advantage and recent … statistical models of self-selection and unobserved components. Estimates from NBER-Thorndike data strongly support the theory …

under strong assumptions that are tested and found wanting. We show how to utilize economic theory and local instrumental …