TY  - JOUR
AU  - Meghir,Costas
AU  - Rivkin,Steven G.
TI  - Econometric Methods for Research in Education
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 16003
PY  - 2010
Y2  - May 2010
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w16003
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w16003.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Costas Meghir
Department of Economics
Yale University
37 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
Tel: 203/432-3558
E-Mail: c.meghir@yale.edu

Steven G. Rivkin
Department of Economics
University of Illinois at Chicago
601 South Morgan UH725 M/C144
Chicago, IL 60607
Tel: 312.413.2368
E-Mail: sgrivkin@uic.edu
AB  - This paper reviews some of the econometric methods that have been used in the economics of education. The focus is on understanding how the assumptions made to justify and implement such methods relate to the underlying economic model and the interpretation of the results. We start by considering the estimation of the returns to education both within the context of a dynamic discrete choice model inspired by Willis and Rosen (1979) and in the context of the Mincer model. We discuss the relationship between the econometric assumptions and economic behaviour. We then discuss methods that have been used in the context of assessing the impact of education quality, the teacher contribution to pupils' achievement and the effect of school quality on housing prices. In the process we also provide a summary of some of the main results in this literature.
ER  -