The Economics of Education

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This course surveys various ways in which economists look at education. Broadly, the material can be broken down into three overlapping topics: 1) technical items such as economic models of human capital, 2) empirical findings on who gets an education and the returns to one, and 3) education policy. There will be a focus on learning how to read, understand, and interpret economics journal articles.