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Ladd and Implementing value-added measures of school effectiveness: getting the Randall P. Walsh incentives right Federico Garcia, Does employer-financed general training pay? Evidence from the US Jeremy Arkes and Navy Robert Trost Frank Scott and Critical mass in the production of Ph.D.s: a multi-disciplinary study Jeff Anstine Kevin Sylwester Can education expenditures reduce income inequality? Shlomo Mizrahi and Managing quality in higher education systems via minimal quality Abraham Mehrez requirements: signaling and control Hooshang Izadi, Stochastic frontier estimation of a CES cost function: the case of Geraint Johnes, higher education in Britain Reza Oskrochi and Robert Crouchley Joanne Spetz The value of education in a licensed profession: the choice of associate or baccalaureate degrees in nursing Robert W. Wassmer and Interstate variation in the use of fees to fund K-12 public education Ronald C. Fisher Number 2 Contents Mark C. Berger and Financial resources, regulation, and enrollment in US public higher Thomas Kostal education Bradley Curs and An analysis of the application and enrollment processes for in-state and Larry D. Singell Jr. out-of-state students at a large public university Robert E. Martin Tuition discounting: theory and evidence Nan L. Maxwell and High school career academies and post-secondary outcomes Victor Rubin T.H. Gindling and Higher education planning and the wages of workers with higher Way Sun education in Taiwan Michele Ver Ploeg Children from disrupted families as adults: family structure, college attendance and college completion Books received since August 2000 Book reviews Number 3 Contents Anders Bjérklund and Estimating the return to investments in education: how useful is the Christian Kjellstrém standard Mincer equation? Justin L. Tobias Model uncertainty and race and gender heterogeneity in the college entry decision Thomas K. Bauer Educational mismatch and wages: a panel analysis Mamoru Ishikawa and Schooling, basic skills and economic outcomes Daniel Ryan Matthew Andrews, Revisiting economies of size in American education: are we any closer William Duncombe and to a consensus? John Yinger Felix Biichel The effects of overeducation on productivity in Germany — the firms’ viewpoint Abbas Noorbakhsh and The demand for higher education: Pennsylvania’s nonresident tuition David Culp experience Robert Sproule Che underdetermination of instructor performance by data from the student evaluation of teaching Book reviews Number 4 Contents W. Norton Grubb Learning and earning in the middle, part I: national studies of pre- baccalaureate education Nick Adnett, Spiros Market-based reforms of public schooling: some unpleasant dynamics Bougheas and Peter Davies Alejandro Gaviria Intergenerational mobility, sibling inequality and borrowing constraints Martin Gonzalez Rozada Public university in Argentina: subsidizing the rich? and Alicia Menendez Barbara Petrongolo and Staying-on at school at 16: the impact of labor market conditions in Maria J. San Segundo Spain Adrian Ziderman Financing student loans in Thailand: revolving fund or open-ended commitment? Alison P. Hagy and Immigrant status, race, and institutional choice in higher education J. Farley Ordovensky Staniec Be 0k reviews Number 5 Contents W. Norton Grubb Learning and earning in the middle, part Il: state and local studies of pre-baccalaureate education P.J. Dolton and Is a broader curriculum better? A. Vignoles Massimiliano bBvatti Does the choice of university matter? A study of the differences across UK universities in life sciences students’ degree performance Larry D. Singell Jr. Merit, need, and student self selection: is there discretion in the packaging of aid at a large public university? Aysit Tansel 55. Determinants of school attainment of boys and girls in Turkey: individual, household and community factors Mark Montgomery A nested logit model of the choice of a graduate business school David Mayer-Foulkes On the dynamics of quality student enrollment at institutions of higher education Philip E. Graves, Hedonic wage equations for higher education faculty James R. Marchand and Robert L. Sexton S. Schwartz and 7 Student loans in Canada: an analysis of borrowing and repayment R. Finnie P.E. Petrakis and 513. Growth and educational levels: a comparative analysis D. Stamatakis Number 6 Contents Philip H. Brown and 523 Education and poverty in rural China Albert Park Claude Montmarquette, 543 How do young people choose college majors? Kathy Cannings and Sophie Mahseredjian Jin Xiao 557 Determinants of salary growth in Shenzhen, China: an analysis of formal education, on-the-job training, and adult education with a three-level model Kathryn Wilson 57 The effects of school quality on income Brian A. Jacob Where the boys aren’t: non-cognitive skills, returns to school and the gender gap in higher education Jennifer King Rice, Robert The effect of block scheduling high school mathematics courses on G. Croninger and student achievement and teachers’ use of time: implications for Christopher F. Roellke educational productivity P. Duraisamy 609 Changes in returns to education in India, 1983-94: by gender, age- cohort and location Athula Ranasinghe and 2: Free-education in Sri Lanka. Does it eliminate the family effect? Joop Hartog Giorgio Brunello Absolute risk aversion and the returns to education Book Reviews List of Referees Volume Contents/Author Index