tools of economics to assess the outcome of efforts to solve education’s equal opportunity problem in a range of countries … high performance standards, for example, and well-designed school choice--but also raises considerable doubts about whether … many current school policies are effective in dramatically altering the opportunity structure. The evidence presented also …

Inhalt: 1. Schule (Weishaupt, Horst: Ex-ante Evaluation alternativer Schulnetze. Projektkonzeption und Ergebnisse der …. Hochschulkooperationen und Innovationseffekte. - Färber, Fisela: Bildungsreform durch Reform der Bildungsfinanzierung? - Helberger, Christof …? Eine Analyse auf Grundlage der Theorie unvollständiger Verträge). (HoF/Text übernommen) …

background, and schooling / Sanders Korenman and Christopher Winship -- Occupational status, education, and social mobility in … recent rise in the economic return to education / John Cawley, ... [et al.] -- Inequality and race: models and policy …

"Analyzes the potential costs and benefits of school choice and discusses policy mechanisms that would maximize its …