文档介绍：INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES
The aim of the Handbooks in Economics series is to produce Handbooks for various
branches of economics, each of which is a definitive source, reference, and teaching
supplement for use by professional researchers and advanced graduate students. Each
Handbook provides self-contained surveys of the current state of a branch of economics
in the form of chapters prepared by leading specialists on various aspects of this branch
of economics. These surveys summarize not only received results but also newer devel-
opments, from recent journal articles and discussion papers. Some original material is
also included, but the main goal is to prehensive and accessible surveys.
The Handbooks are intended to provide not only useful reference volumes for profes-
sional collections but also possible supplementary readings for advanced courses for
graduate students in economics.
H J. ARROW and MICHAEL D. INTRILIGATOR
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CONTENTS OF THE HANDBOOK
VOLUME 1
Introduction to the Series
Contents of the Handbook
Preface
Chapter 1
Post Schooling Wage Growth: Investment, Search and Learning
Yona Rubinstein and Yoram Weiss
Chapter 2
Long-Term Trends in Schooling: The Rise and Decline (?) of Public Education in the
United States
Sandra E. Black and h L. Sokoloff
Chapter 3
Historical Perspectives on Racial Differences in Schooling in the United States
William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo
Chapter 4
Immigrants and Their Schooling
James P. Smith
Chapter 5
Educational Wage Premia and the Distribution of Earnings: An International Perspective
Franco hi
Chapter 6
Educational Wage Premiums and the . e Distribution: A Survey
Donald R. Deere and Jelena Vesovic
Chapter 7
Earnings Functions, Rates of Return and Treatment Effects: The Mincer Equation and
Beyond
James J. Heckman, Lance J. Lochner and Petra E. Todd
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Chapter 8
The Social Value of Education and Human Capital
Fabian Lange and Robert To