Economics of Education Review Edited by Elchanan Cohn University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA Volume Contents and Author Index Volume 15, 1996 Pergamon Economics of Education Review Editor-in-Chief ; Elchanan Cohn: Department of Economics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, U.S.A{ Associate Editors ? Stephen A. Hoenack: University of Minnesota, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, U.S.A. Hessel Oosterbeek: Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat 11, 1018 WE Amsterdam, The Netherlands John Riew: Department of Economics, Kern Building, The Pennsylvania State University, Universit Park, PA 16802, U.S.A. Lewis C. Solmon: President, The Milken Institute for Job & Capital Formation, 1250 Fourth Streed Suite 440, Santa Monica, CA 90401-1353, U.S.A. Managing Editor W. 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POSTMASTER: Please send address corrections to Economic of Education Review, c/o Elsevier Science Regional Sales Office, Customer Support Department, 655 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10010, U.S.A. { ' | || j i} Economics of Education Review Number 1 Contents Kang-Shik Choi 1 The impact of shifts in supply of college graduates: Repercussion of educational reform in Korea Neil D. Theobald and 11 The effects of school district spending priorities on the exit paths of beginning teachers leaving the district R. Mark Gritz William C. Weiler 23 Factors influencing the matriculation choices of high ability students Susan L. Averett and 37 College attendance and the college wage premium: Differences by gender Mark L. Burton Kang H. Park 51 Educational expansion and educational inequality on income distribution Lex Borghans, Andries de Grip 59 Labor market information and the choice of vocational specialization and Hans Heijke Robert A. Baade and 75 What determines alumni generosity? Jeffrey O. Sundberg Daniel I. Rees, 83 Tracking in the United States: Descriptive statistics from NELS Laura M. Argys and Dominic J. Brewer 91 Book Reviews Number 2 Contents Dan D. Goldhaber 93 Public and Private High Schools: Is School Choice an Answer to the Productivity Problem? Dominic J. Brewer 111 Does More School District Administration Lower Educational Productivity? Some Evidence on the “Administrative Blob” in New York Public Schools Luis A. Crouch 125 Public Education Equity and Efficiency in South Africa: Lessons for Other Countries Peter Griffin and 139 Evidence on Omitted Variable Bias in Earnings Equation Philip T. Ganderton John H. Y. Edwards, 149 The Mixed Preschool Market: Explaining Local Variation in Family Demand and Organized Supply Bruce Fuller and Xiaoyan Liang Kathy Cannings, 163 Entrance Quotas and Admission to Medical Schools: a Sequential Probit Model Claude Montmarquette and Sophie Mahseredjian Cynthia Miller 175 Demographics and Spending for Public Education: a Test of Interest Group Influence Louis Amato, 187 Bowls Versus Playoffs: The Impact on Football Player Graduation Rates in the National Collegiate John M. Gandar, Athletic Association Irvin B. Tucker and Richard A. Zuber Review Essay Ying Chu Ng 197 The Economics and Financing of Education in Hong Kong 199 Book Reviews Economics of Education Review Number 3 Contents SPECIAL ISSUE RACE, GENDER, AND ROLE OF EDUCATION IN EARNINGS INEQUALITY Martin Carnoy 207 Race, Gender, and the Role of Education in Earnings Inequality: An Introduction Elizabeth M. King 213 Education, Work and Earnings of Peruvian Women Yue-Ping Chung 231 _ Gender Earnings Differentials in Hong Kong: The Effect of the State, Education, and Employment Young-Sook Nam 245 Schooling and Changes in Earnings Differentials by Gender in South Korea, 1976-1991 Martin Carnoy 259 Education and Racial Inequality: The Human Capital Explanation Revisited Martin Carnoy and 273 Women and Minority Gains in a Rapidly Changing Local Labor Market: The San Francisco Weimin Gong Bay Area in the 1980s Ruth Klinov 289 Changes in School Enrollment Patterns in Israel: A Comparison Between Two Disadvantaged Groups Susan Williams McElroy 303 Early Childbearing, High School Completion, and College Enrollment: Evidence from 1980 High School Sophomores 325 Book Reviews Number 4 Contents SPECIAL ISSUE THE ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES — THE MANCHESTER SYMPOSIUM Stephen A. Hoenack 327 The Economics of Education in Developing Countries: An Assessment of the State of the Art George Psacharopoulos 339 Economics of Education: A Research Agenda Jere R. Behrman 345 Measuring the Effectiveness of Schooling Policies in Developing Countries: Revisiting Issues of Methodology Donald R. Winkler and 365 Municipal and Private Sector Response to Decentralization and School Choice Taryn Rounds Emmanuel Jimenez and 377 Do Local Contributions Affect the Efficiency of Public Primary Schools? Vicente Paqueo Estelle James, 387 Finance, Management, and Costs of Public and Private Schools in Indonesia Elizabeth M. King and Ace Suryadi Mark C. Berger 399 Commentary on “Finance, Management, and Costs of Public and Private Schools in Indonesia” and “Do Local Contributions Affect the Efficiency of Public Primary Schools?” George Psacharopoulos, 401 Teacher Salaries in Latin America: A Review Jorge Valenzuela and Mary Arends Nancy Birdsall 407 Public Spending on Higher Education in Developing Countries: Too Much or Too Little? George Psacharopoulos 421 Public Spending on Higher Education in Developing Countries: Too Much Rather Than Too Little Mun C. Tsang 423 Financial Reform of Basic Education in China 445 Book Reviews 44° Books Received Since March 1995 . Se a ee