1st Edition
Critical Perspectives on Economics of Education
1 Introduction: Understanding economics of education
OLEG YEROKHIN AND ALFREDO R. PALOYO
2 Underrepresentation of women in undergraduate economics degrees in Europe: a comparison with STEM and business degrees
RIGISSA MEGALOKONOMOU, MARIAN VIDAL-FERNANDEZ, AND DUYGU YENGIN
3 How should governments finance student loans? Lessons from around the world
BRUCE CHAPMAN, LORRAINE DEARDEN, AND DUNG DOAN
4 Unintended consequences of free education in public colleges and universities in the Philippines
TERESO S. TULLAO, JR. AND MARK GERALD C. RUIZ
5 Education and family structure
HAYLEY FISHER
6 Sibling health, schooling, and longer-term developmental outcomes
CHRIS RYAN AND ANNA ZHU
7 Social mobility in the Philippines: a research roadmap
CONNIE B. DACUYCUY AND LAWRENCE B. DACUYCUY
8 The effect of class size in schools on student outcomes
COLIN GREEN AND JON MARIUS VAAG IVERSEN
9 Returns to education in four transition countries
ANITA V. STANEVA, G. REZA ARABSHEIBANI, AND PHILIP MURPHY
10 Distance matters: geographic accessibility and higher education participation decisions
JOHN CULLINAN AND DARRAGH FLANNERY
11 The predictive power of big data in education
LORETTI I. DOBRESCU, ALBERTO MOTTA, AND ALEX SCRIVEN
Biography
Silvia Mendolia is Senior Lecturer at the University of Wollongong, Australia.
Martin O’Brien is Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong, Australia.
Alfredo R. Paloyo is Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong, Australia.
Oleg Yerokhin is Senior Lecturer at the University of Wollongong, Australia.
