The Economics of Higher Education

The Economics of Higher Education: Major Themes in Education

Edited by Gillian Wyness

Introduction

Section 1: The Economics of HE

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Section 2: Returns to HE: Empirical Evidence

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Heterogeneity of returns

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10. J. Britton., L. Dearden, N. Shephard and A. Vignoles ‘How English Domiciled Graduate Earnings Vary with Gender, Institution Attended, Subject and Socio-Economic Background’, IFS Working Paper 16/06, 2016. Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, pp. 1-63
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Section 3. Who Goes to College: Scio-economic and Other Gaps in Participation

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Information and Education Decisions

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Section 4. Who does Well in College?

The Higher Education Production Function

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Dropout and Performance

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28. C. Crawford, P. Gregg, L. Macmillan, A. Vignoles and G. Wyness, ‘Higher Education, Career Opportunities, and Intergenerational Inequality’,　Oxford Review of Economic Policy,　32, 4, 2016, 553-575.
29. A. Light and W. Strayer, ‘Determinants of College Completion: School Quality or Student Ability?’, The Journal of Human Resources, 35, 2, 2000, 299–332.

　

Section 5. Financial Aid and Higher Education

Impact on Participation

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Quasi-experimental

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33. S. Dynarski. ‘Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College Attendance and Completion’, American Economic Review, 93, 2003, 279–288.
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35. L. Dearden, E. Fitzsimons and G. Wyness. ‘Money for Nothing: Estimating the Impact of Student Aid on Participation in Higher Education’, Economics of Education Review, 43, 2014, 66–78.
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37. S. Dynarksi, ‘Building the Stock of College Educated Labor', Journal of Human Resources, 43, 3, 2008, 576-610.

Financial Aid Policies – Impact on Attainment

38. L. Schudde and J. Scott-Clayton, ‘Pell Grants as Performance-Based Aid? An Examination of Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirements in the Nation’s Largest Need-Based Aid Program’, Research in Higher Education, 57, 8, 2016, 943–967.
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40. E. Bettinger, ‘How Financial Aid Affects Persistence’, NBER Working Paper 10242, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004, 207-237.
41. R. Murphy and G. Wyness, ‘Testing Means-Tested Aid’, CESIfo Working Paper No. 6105, 2016, 1-43.
42. Sara Goldrick-Rab, et al. ‘Reducing Income Inequality in Educational Attainment: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Financial Aid on College Completion’, American Journal of Sociology, 121, 6, 2016, 1762-1817.

Biography

Dr Gillian Wyness is Senior Lecturer in Economics of Education at the UCL Institute of Education, and a Research Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE.