ESEP - Literature

This page contains the list of textbooks, general collections and articles we recommend for those interested in economics and sociology of education. The list is a preliminary and by far incomplete selection. It contains the core literature of the subject, as well as some recent publications that, in our opinion, provide the interesting results and observations.

Selected textbooks, reports and general collections in economics and sociology of education:

Coleman J., Armor D., Crain R., Miller N., Stephan W., Walberg H., Wortman P. (1966), Equality of educational opportunity, US Government Printing Office

Jackson P.W. (1968). Life in Classrooms, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY

Rosenthal, R., and Jacobson, L. (1968). Pygmalion in the Classroom, Rinehart and Winston, New York.

Leacock E. (1969). Teaching and Learning in City Schools, Basic Books, NY

Silberman C.E. (ed.) (1971) Crisis in the Classroom, Random House, NY

Jencks C. (1972) Inequality. A Reassessment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in America, Basic Books, NY

Mincer J. (1974), Schooling, Experience, and Earnings, National Bureau of Economic Research, New York.

Bowles, S. and Gintis, H. (1976). Schooling in capitalist America: Educational reform and contradictions of economic life. Basic Books, New York.

Karabel J., Halsey A.H. (eds.) (1977). Power and Ideology in Education, Oxford University Press, NY

Apple M.W. (1979). Ideology and Curriculum, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London

Collins R. (1979). The Credential Society, Academic Press, NY

Bourdieu, P., Passeron J-C. (1977), Reproduction in education, society and culture, Sage. London

Husén T. (1979) The school in question. A Comparative Study of the School and its Future in Western Society, Oxford University Press

Apple M.W. (1982). Education and Power: Reproduction and Contradiction in Education, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London

Goodlad J. (1983). A Place Called School: Prospects for the Future, McGraw-Hill

Coleman J.S. (1987). Public and Private High School: the Impact of Communities, Basic Books, NY

Husén T. (1987), Higher education and social stratification: an international comparative study, Unesco, International Institute for Educational Planning, Paris.

Blaug M. (ed.) (1992), The Economic Value of Education: Studies in the Economics of Education, The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics 17, Edward Elgar.

Becker G.S. (1993), Human Capital. A theoretical and empirical analysis with special reference to education, University of Chicago Press

Burtless G. (ed.) (1996), Does Money Matter? The Effect of School Resources on Student Achievement and Adult Success, Washington, D.C., Brookings Institution Press.

Ladd H.F. (red.) (1996). Holding Schools Accountable, The Brookings Institution, Washington

Behrman J.R., Stacey N. (eds.) (1997). The Social Benefits of Education, University of Michigan Press

Meighan, R. and Siraj-Blatchford, I. (1997) A Sociology of Educating, London: Cassell

Halsey, A. H., Lauder, H. and Brown, P. (eds.) (1997) Education: Culture, Economy, and Society, Oxford University Press

(2002) A league Table of Educationnal Disadvantage in Rich Nations, Unicef Innocenti Reports, Issue No.4

Wößmann L. (2002), Schooling and the Quality of Human Capital, Kiel Institute for World Economics (Kiel Studies 319),

Hanushek E.A. (ed.) (2004). The Economics Of Schooling And School Quality, The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics 159, Edward Elgar

Selected articles in economics and sociology of education:

Hanushek E.A. (1986). The Economics of Schooling: Production and Efficiency in Public Schools. Journal of Economic Literature 24 (3), 1141-1177.

Lucas R.E. (1988), On the mechanics of economic development, Journal of Monetary Economics, 22 s.3-42.

Lee J.W., Barro R.J. (1997), Schooling quality in a cross-section of countries, NBER working paper no 6198.

Barro, R. (1999). Human Capital and Growth in Cross-Country Regressions, Swedish Economic Policy Review,6(2).

Krueger A.B., Lindahl M.(1999), Education For Growth in Sweden and the World, NBER working paper no 7190.

Barro R. J. (1999), Human capital and growth in cross-country regressions, Swedish Economic Policy Review, 6(2), 237-277.

Temple J.R.W. (2001), Growth effects of education and social capital in the OECD countries, OECD Economic Studies, 33, 57-101.

Barro R. (2001), Human Capital and Growth, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings 91 (2), 12-17.