Economics of Education Review
Volume 20, Number 3
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 9
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Tiebout sorting, aggregation and the estimation of peer group effects
Steven G. Rivkin
Growing up in a higher socioeconomic status neighborhood and attending school with socioeconomically advantaged classmates is associated with better academic, social, and labor market outcomes. The... More
pp. 201-209
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Genetic and environmental contributions to educational attainment in Australia
Paul Miller, Charles Mulvey & Nick Martin
The genetic and environmental contributions to educational attainment in Australia are examined using a multiple regression model drawn from the medical research literature. Data from a large... More
pp. 211-224
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Unobservable family effects and the apparent external benefits of education
John Gibson
Estimates of the returns to education usually ignore private and external non-marketed benefits, which, if counted, may double the social rate of return (Haveman, R., Wolfe, B., 1984. Schooling and... More
pp. 225-233
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A principal component analysis of the U.S. News & World Report tier rankings of colleges and universities
Thomas J. Webster
This paper utilizes principal component regression analysis to examine the relative contributions of 11 ranking criteria used to construct the "U.S. News & World Report" (USNWR) tier rankings of... More
pp. 235-244
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Do parental income and educational attainment affect the initial choices of New Hampshire's college-bound students?
Robert K Toutkoushian
While other studies have explored the application and enrollment decisions of students, none have explicitly considered how selected factors affect an individual's choice to initially consider a... More
pp. 245-262
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A comparison of alternative specifications of the college attendance equation with an extension to two-stage selectivity-correction models
Michael J. Hilmer
This paper estimates a college attendance equation for a common set of students using three popular econometric specifications: the multinomial logit, the ordered probit, and the bivariate probit. ... More
pp. 263-278
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Efficiency and costs in education: year-round versus traditional schedules
Nasser Daneshvary & Terrence M. Clauretie
This study explores the cost savings (efficiency) of a year-round schedule versus a traditional 9-month schedule for schools in Clark County, Nevada. Unlike many previous studies, the cost of real ... More
pp. 279-287
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Sources of funds and quality effects in higher education
William O. Brown
Economists have suggested that the quality of higher education is not independent of the sources of funds used to fund that education. This paper examines the relationship between student measures ... More
pp. 289-295
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Multi-product total cost function for higher education: a case of bible colleges
Rajindar K. Koshal, Manjulika Koshal & Ashok Gupta
This study empirically estimates a multi-product total cost function and output relationship for comprehensive universities in the United States. Statistical results based on data for 184 Bible... More
pp. 297-303