Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume Six highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including School Choice, Estimation and Interpretation of Teacher Value Added in Research Applications, Educational Inequality, Conditional Cash Transfers for Education, Investing in Early Childhood Development in Preschool and at Home, Returns to Different Postsecondary Investments: Institution Type, Academic Programs, and Credentials, and Addressing non-financial barriers to college access and success: Evidence and policy implications.
1. Introduction to the series - p. iii 2. Contributors - p. iii 3. Chapter 1: Investing in early childhood development in preschool and at home - p. iii 4. Abstract - p. iii 5. 1 Introduction - p. iii 6. 2 The importance of environmental factors and genetics - p. 4 7. 3 Skill development in early childhood and beyond - p. 13 8. 4 Impacts of preschool participation - p. 18 9. 5 Improving preschool effectiveness - p. 44 10. 6 Improving the home environment and parental effectiveness - p. 59 11. 7 Knowledge needs - p. 76 12. Acknowledgments - p. 77 13. References - p. 77 14. Chapter 2: Estimation and interpretation of teacher value added in research applications - p. 93 15. Chapter 3: School choice - p. 135 16. Abstract - p. 135 17. 1 Introduction - p. 135 18. 2 The model - p. 138 19. 3 Policy objectives - p. 141 20. 4 Matching algorithms - p. 146 21. 5 Results with strict preferences and priorities - p. 155 22. 6 Results with weak preferences and priorities - p. 165 23. 7 Generalized school rankings - p. 164 24. 8 Extensions - p. 167 25. 9 Research design in school choice - p. 176 26. 10 Conclusions - p. 178 27. References - p. 180 28. Chapter 4: Returns to different postsecondary investments: Institution type, academic programs, and credentials - p. 193 29. Abstract - p. 193 30. 1 Introduction - p. 193 31. 2 Structure of higher education - p. 190 32. 3 Estimating the returns to postsecondary degrees - p. 210 33. 4 The return to attending different institutions - p. 216 34. 5 The return to different types of education - p. 257 35. 6 Differential returns and inequality - p. 290 36. 7 Conclusion - p. 304 37. References - p. 307 38. Chapter 5: Addressing nonfinancial barriers to college access and success: Evidence and policy implications - p. 331 39. Abstract - p. 331 40. 1 Introduction - p. 323 41. 2 Academic under-preparation and the misalignment between secondary school learning and postsecondary academic expectations - p. 322 42. 3 Navigating complexity: Informational and behavioral interventions - p. 336 43. 4 Comprehensive supports for college access and success - p. 355 44. 5 Structural barriers to college access - p. 360 45. 6 Postsecondary system-level factors - p. 369 46. 7 Discussion: Future directions for research - p. 380 47. Acknowledgment - p. 383 48. References - p. 383 49. Chapter 6: Educational inequality - p. 462 50. Abstract - p. 462 51. 1 Introduction - p. 462 52. 2 Evidence on educational inequality - p. 409 53. 3 A model of skill acquisition and educational inequality - p. 425 54. 4 Inequality in higher education - p. 444 55. 5 Educational inequality across multiple generations - p. 453 56. 6 Educational inequality in the COVID-19 pandemic - p. 458 57. 7 Outlook and conclusions - p. 476 58. Acknowledgments - p. 478 59. Appendix Proofs for propositions - p. 478 60. References - p. 480 61. Chapter 7: Conditional cash transfers for education☆ - p. 499 62. Abstract - p. 499 63. 1 Introduction - p. 499 64. 2 Conditional cash transfers as education policy - p. 503 65. 3 Theory of change, a conceptual framework and empirical predictions - p. 509 66. 4 Methodological issues in evaluating CCT programs - p. 516 67. 5 Empirical evidence on the impacts of CCT programs on human capital over the life cycle - p. 528 68. 6 Indirect and general equilibrium effects - p. 570 69. 7 Cost effectiveness of CCTs - p. 576 70. 8 Conclusions - p. 581 71. References - p. 582 72. Index - p. 590
Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume Six highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including School Choice, Estimation and Interpretation of Teacher Value Added in Research Applications, Educational Inequality, Conditional Cash Transfers for Education, Investing in Early Childhood Development in Preschool and at Home, Returns to Different Postsecondary Investments: Institution Type, Academic Programs, and Credentials, and Addressing non-financial barriers to college access and success: Evidence and policy implications.
1. Introduction to the series - p. iii 2. Contributors - p. iii 3. Chapter 1: Investing in early childhood development in preschool and at home - p. iii 4. Abstract - p. iii 5. 1 Introduction - p. iii 6. 2 The importance of environmental factors and genetics - p. 4 7. 3 Skill development in early childhood and beyond - p. 13 8. 4 Impacts of preschool participation - p. 18 9. 5 Improving preschool effectiveness - p. 44 10. 6 Improving the home environment and parental effectiveness - p. 59 11. 7 Knowledge needs - p. 76 12. Acknowledgments - p. 77 13. References - p. 77 14. Chapter 2: Estimation and interpretation of teacher value added in research applications - p. 93 15. Chapter 3: School choice - p. 135 16. Abstract - p. 135 17. 1 Introduction - p. 135 18. 2 The model - p. 138 19. 3 Policy objectives - p. 141 20. 4 Matching algorithms - p. 146 21. 5 Results with strict preferences and priorities - p. 155 22. 6 Results with weak preferences and priorities - p. 165 23. 7 Generalized school rankings - p. 164 24. 8 Extensions - p. 167 25. 9 Research design in school choice - p. 176 26. 10 Conclusions - p. 178 27. References - p. 180 28. Chapter 4: Returns to different postsecondary investments: Institution type, academic programs, and credentials - p. 193 29. Abstract - p. 193 30. 1 Introduction - p. 193 31. 2 Structure of higher education - p. 190 32. 3 Estimating the returns to postsecondary degrees - p. 210 33. 4 The return to attending different institutions - p. 216 34. 5 The return to different types of education - p. 257 35. 6 Differential returns and inequality - p. 290 36. 7 Conclusion - p. 304 37. References - p. 307 38. Chapter 5: Addressing nonfinancial barriers to college access and success: Evidence and policy implications - p. 331 39. Abstract - p. 331 40. 1 Introduction - p. 323 41. 2 Academic under-preparation and the misalignment between secondary school learning and postsecondary academic expectations - p. 322 42. 3 Navigating complexity: Informational and behavioral interventions - p. 336 43. 4 Comprehensive supports for college access and success - p. 355 44. 5 Structural barriers to college access - p. 360 45. 6 Postsecondary system-level factors - p. 369 46. 7 Discussion: Future directions for research - p. 380 47. Acknowledgment - p. 383 48. References - p. 383 49. Chapter 6: Educational inequality - p. 462 50. Abstract - p. 462 51. 1 Introduction - p. 462 52. 2 Evidence on educational inequality - p. 409 53. 3 A model of skill acquisition and educational inequality - p. 425 54. 4 Inequality in higher education - p. 444 55. 5 Educational inequality across multiple generations - p. 453 56. 6 Educational inequality in the COVID-19 pandemic - p. 458 57. 7 Outlook and conclusions - p. 476 58. Acknowledgments - p. 478 59. Appendix Proofs for propositions - p. 478 60. References - p. 480 61. Chapter 7: Conditional cash transfers for education☆ - p. 499 62. Abstract - p. 499 63. 1 Introduction - p. 499 64. 2 Conditional cash transfers as education policy - p. 503 65. 3 Theory of change, a conceptual framework and empirical predictions - p. 509 66. 4 Methodological issues in evaluating CCT programs - p. 516 67. 5 Empirical evidence on the impacts of CCT programs on human capital over the life cycle - p. 528 68. 6 Indirect and general equilibrium effects - p. 570 69. 7 Cost effectiveness of CCTs - p. 576 70. 8 Conclusions - p. 581 71. References - p. 582 72. Index - p. 590
