, education has, so far, received less attention - a surprising oversight, given the field's key interest in long-run decision … behavioral economics of education. We first develop a general framework for thinking about why youth and their parents might not … always take full advantage of education opportunities. We then discuss how these behavioral barriers may be preventing some …

In this paper I survey the recent economics of education literature in order to identify which education policies can … its primary education. Evidence suggests that broadly scoped resource-based programmes deliver less than more targeted … policies. Additionally, a growing body of research shows that interventions that enhance choice and competition among education …

insight relevant to any nation's educational context. -- Returns to education ; GED ; dropouts ; graduation rate …

assesses the state of current literature and proposes an agenda for further research. -- immigration ; education …