ECON 331: Human Capital Accumulation and Development (BMC)

A comprehensive overview of research, theories, and models related to the globalization of education. Introduces the processes, institutions, and forces by which schooling has been globalized, and examines the impact of these forces on schooling in local contexts. See also this author's more recent book Economics of Education: Human Capital, Global Corporations, Skills-Based Schooling (2015).

A comprehensive and accessible survey of the economics of education by leading researchers.

Hanushek and Woessmann argue that the common focus on school attainment provides a very misleading picture of how skills enter into development. They contend that the cognitive skills of the population -- which they term the "knowledge capital" of a nation -- are essential to long-run prosperity.

This handbook presents a global overview of developments in education and policy change during the last decade.