Economics of Education

Lecture Notes

SES #	TOPICS
1-2	Introduction: Defining the educational problem
3	Human capital theory: The basic economic perspective on education
4	Early childhood education: How important? (PDF)
5	When did earnings become so dependent on education? (PDF)
6-7	Do our regression estimates overestimate the impact of education on earnings? The case of ability bias. (PDF 1) (PDF 2)
7-8	If the return to education is real, does it reflect skills learned or is it a signal? (PDF)
9-10	Why has the rate of return to education increased? (PDF 1) (PDF 2)
11	What skills are now rewarded in the workplace? (PDF)
12	Midterm (PDF)
13-14	Do smaller classes raise achievement? (PDF 1) (PDF 2)
15-16	School vouchers and parental choice (PDF 1) (PDF 2)
17-18	School accountability, standards and testing (PDF)
19-20	Teacher quality and teacher training (PDF)
21-22	Can technology complement what teachers do? (PDF 1) (PDF 2)
23	Higher education: Basic issues and structure (PDF)
24-25	Higher education policy (PDF 1) (PDF 2)
26	Wrap up