The Leading eBooks Store Online

for your Apple or Android device, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...

New to eBooks.com?

Learn more
Browse our categories
  • Bestsellers - This Week
  • Foreign Language Study
  • Pets
  • Bestsellers - Last 6 months
  • Games
  • Philosophy
  • Archaeology
  • Gardening
  • Photography
  • Architecture
  • Graphic Books
  • Poetry
  • Art
  • Health & Fitness
  • Political Science
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • History
  • Psychology & Psychiatry
  • Body Mind & Spirit
  • House & Home
  • Reference
  • Business & Economics
  • Humor
  • Religion
  • Children's & Young Adult Fiction
  • Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Romance
  • Computers
  • Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Science
  • Crafts & Hobbies
  • Law
  • Science Fiction
  • Current Events
  • Literary Collections
  • Self-Help
  • Drama
  • Literary Criticism
  • Sex
  • Education
  • Literary Fiction
  • Social Science
  • The Environment
  • Mathematics
  • Sports & Recreation
  • Family & Relationships
  • Media
  • Study Aids
  • Fantasy
  • Medical
  • Technology
  • Fiction
  • Music
  • Transportation
  • Folklore & Mythology
  • Nature
  • Travel
  • Food and Wine
  • Performing Arts
  • True Crime
  • Foreign Language Books
Economic aspects of education

Most popular at the top

  • Emerging Markets and Higher Educationby Matthew McMullen; James Mauch; Bob Dunnorummo

    Garland Science 2001; US$ 160.00

    Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes the relationship between higher education, the economy, and government in the development of a democratic and market economy society in select emerging market countries. more...

  • Whose Education for All?by Birgit Brock-Utne

    Garland Science 2000; US$ 145.00

    This book examines the new donor concept "education for all" which was coined at a World Bank initiated conference in 1990 in Jomtien, Thailand. The author uses her experience to examine what is going on in the education sector. more...

  • Talking and Learning in Groupsby Elizabeth Dunne; Neville Bennett

    Routledge 1990; US$ 44.95

    Group work has in recent years become the object of considerable controversy. This workbook shows teachers how effective group work, flexibly used, can be and how to discover what works for them. more...

  • Markets for Schoolingby Nick Adnett; Peter Davies

    Routledge 2002; US$ 240.00

    An economic analysis of schooling markets is developed, emphasizing both the strengths and weaknesses of orthodox analyses. This publication is designed to be accessible to all those concerned with education and economics. more...

  • Economic Geography of Higher Educationby Frans Boekema; Elsa Kuypers; Roel Rutten

    Routledge 2003; US$ 180.00

    This exhaustive study from an experienced and respected set of editors and authors looks at the impact that universities have on their surroundings, with particular reference to regional development. more...

  • Learning, Curriculum and Employability in Higher Educationby Peter Knight; Mantz Yorke

    RoutledgeFalmer 2003; US$ 58.95

    Anyone with a responsibility for curriculum development or policy making within higher education, who wants to advance learning and promote employability amongst their students, will find this book absolutely essential reading. more...

  • Financing Higher Educationby Nicholas Barr

    Routledge 2005; US$ 65.00

    This book tells the story of the UK higher education debate, illustrating a head-on collision between the economic imperatives of student loans and regulated market forces, and the political imperative of 'free' higher education. more...

  • Managing Educational Tourismby Brent W. Ritchie

    Multilingual Matters 2003; US$ 49.95

    An outline of the main forms of educational tourism, discussing their growth and resulting impacts and management issues from a holistic perspective. The author argues that without adequate research and management the potential impacts and benefits of educational tourism will not be maximized. more...

  • International Handbook on the Economics of Educationby G. Johnes; J. Johnes

    Edward Elgar Publishing 2004; US$ 60.00

    This major new Handbook comprehensively surveys the rapidly growing field of the economics of education. It is unique in that it comprises original contributions on an exceptional range of topics from a review of human capital, signalling and screening models, to consideration of issues such as educational externalities and economic growth, funding models, determinants of educational success, the educational production function, educational standards and efficiency measurement. more...

  • Children's Learning from Educational Televisionby Shalom M. Fisch

    Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2004; US$ 44.95

    This title documents the impact of educational television in a variety of subject areas and proposes mechanisms to explain its effects. Drawing from a wide variety of research spanning several disciplines, author Shalom M. Fisch analyses the literature on the impact of educational resources. more...