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Terminal Degree:1968 Department of Economics; University of Chicago (from RePEc Genealogy)

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Working papers

  1. Psacharopoulos, George & Collis, Victoria & Patrinos, Harry Anthony & Vegas, Emiliana, 2020. "Lost Wages: The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures," IZA Discussion Papers 13641, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  2. Harry Anthony Patrinos & George Psacharopoulos & Aysit Tansel, 2019. "Returns to Investment in Education: The Case of Turkey," Working Papers 1303, Economic Research Forum, revised 2019.
  3. Harry Anthony Patrinos & George Psacharopoulos & Aysit Tansel, 2019. "GLOBALISATION AND GOVERNANCE: Returns to Investment in Education: The Case of Turkey," ERC Working Papers 1903, ERC - Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University, revised Mar 2019.
  4. Psacharopoulos,George & Patrinos,Harry Anthony, 2018. "Returns to investment in education : a decennial review of the global literature," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8402, The World Bank.
  5. Patrinos, Harry Anthony & Psacharopoulos, George, 2011. "Education : past, present and future global challenges," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5616, The World Bank.
  6. Psacharopoulos, George & Patrinos, Harry Anthony, 2002. "Returns to investment in education : a further update," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2881, The World Bank.
  7. Psacharopoulos, G. & Morley, S. & Fiszbein, A. & Lee, H. & Wood, B., 1997. "Poverty and Income Distribution in Latin America: The Story of the 1980s," Papers 351, World Bank - Technical Papers.
  8. Psacharopoulos, G., 1996. "The Role of Government and the Private Sector in Fighting Poverty," Papers 346, World Bank - Technical Papers.
  9. Patrinos, Harry Anthony & Psacharopoulos, George, 1994. "Pueblos indígenas y pobreza en América Latina: un análisis empírico," Series Históricas 7841, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
  10. Psacharopoulos, George, 1993. "Returns to investment in education : a global update," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1067, The World Bank.
  11. Psacharopoulos, George & Valenzuela, Jorge & Arends, Mary, 1993. "Teachers'salaries in Latin America : a comparative analysis," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1086, The World Bank.
  12. Psacharopoulos, George & Ying Chu Ng, 1992. "Earnings and education in Latin America : assessing priorities for schooling investments," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1056, The World Bank.
  13. Patrinos, Harry Anthony & Psacharopoulos, George, 1992. "Socioeconomic and ethnic determinants of grade repetition in Bolivia and Guatemala," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1028, The World Bank.
  14. Psacharopoulos, George, 1992. "Ethnicity, education, and earnings in Bolivia and Guatemala," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1014, The World Bank.
  15. Psacharopoulos, George & Rojas, Carlos & Velez, Eduardo, 1992. "Achievement evaluation of Colombia's Escuela Nueva : is multigrade the answer?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 896, The World Bank.
  16. Psacharopoulos, George & Tzannatos, Zafiris, 1992. "Latin American women's earnings and participation in the labor force," Policy Research Working Paper Series 856, The World Bank.
  17. George Psacharopoulos & Eduardo Vélez Bustillo, 1990. "Una nota sobre las tendencias de la tasa de retorno de la educación en Bogotá 1965 -1988," Coyuntura Social 13278, Fedesarrollo.
  18. Psacharopoulos, G., 1990. "Why Educational Policies Can Fail; An Overview Of Selected African Experiences," World Bank - Discussion Papers 82, World Bank.
  19. Jean-Claude Eicher & Martin Carnoy & P. Petit & R. Boudon & P. Cibois & J. Lagneau & Alain Mingat & Jean Perrot & G. Psacharopoulos & I. Fagerlind, 1975. "Éducation et répartition," Post-Print hal-02056101, HAL.

Articles

  1. George Psacharopoulos, 2024. "Returns to education: a brief history and an assessment," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(5), pages 561-565, September.
  2. Harry A Patrinos & George Psacharopoulos, 2023. "Estimating returns to education: back to the short-cut," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 43(3), pages 1208-1213.
  3. Angrist, Noam & Aurino, Elisabetta & Patrinos, Harry A. & Psacharopoulos, George & Vegas, Emiliana & Nordjo, Ralph & Wong, Brad, 2023. "Improving Learning in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries," Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 14(S1), pages 55-80, June.
  4. Harry Anthony Patrinos & George Psacharopoulos & Aysit Tansel, 2021. "Private and Social Returns to Investment in Education: the Case of Turkey with Alternative Methods," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(14), pages 1638-1658, March.
  5. George Psacharopoulos & Harry Anthony Patrinos, 2018. "Returns to investment in education: a decennial review of the global literature," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(5), pages 445-458, September.
  6. George Psacharopoulos, 2008. "Funding universities for efficiency and equity: research findings versus petty politics," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(3), pages 245-260.
  7. Psacharopoulos, George & Papakonstantinou, George, 2005. "The real university cost in a "free" higher education country," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 24(1), pages 103-108, February.
  8. George Psacharopoulos & Harry Anthony Patrinos, 2004. "Returns to investment in education: a further update," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(2), pages 111-134.
  9. George Psacharopoulos, 2004. "Public versus private University Systems," ifo DICE Report, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 2(04), pages 39-43, January.
  10. Psacharopoulos, George, 2004. "Introduction to special issue in honor of Lewis C. Solmon," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 23(4), pages 317-317, August.
  11. George Psacharopoulos, 2004. "Economies of education: from theory to practice," Brussels Economic Review, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, vol. 47(3-4), pages 341-358.
  12. George Psacharopoulos, 2003. "The Social Cost of an Outdated Law: Article 16 of the Greek Constitution," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 16(2), pages 123-137, September.
  13. Theocharoula Magoula & George Psacharopoulos, 1999. "Schooling and monetary rewards in Greece: an over-education false alarm?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(12), pages 1589-1597.
  14. Pedro Belli & Qaiser Khan & George Psacharopoulos, 1999. "Assessing a higher education project: a Mauritius feasibility study," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(1), pages 27-35.
  15. Hideo Akabayashi & George Psacharopoulos, 1999. "The trade-off between child labour and human capital formation: A Tanzanian case study," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(5), pages 120-140.
  16. Psacharopoulos, George & Arieira, Carlos R. & Mattson, Robert, 1997. "Private education in a poor country: The case of urban Bolivia," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 16(4), pages 395-406, October.
  17. George Psacharopoulos & Harry Anthony Patrinos, 1997. "Family size, schooling and child labor in Peru - An empirical analysis," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 10(4), pages 387-405.
  18. George Psacharopoulos, 1997. "Child labor versus educational attainment Some evidence from Latin America," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 10(4), pages 377-386.
  19. Psacharopoulos, George & Valenzuela, Jorge & Arends, Mary, 1996. "Teacher salaries in Latin America: A review," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 15(4), pages 401-406, October.
  20. Psacharopoulos, George, 1996. "Public spending on higher education in developing countries: Too much rather than too little," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 15(4), pages 421-422, October.
  21. Psacharopoulos, George, 1996. "A reply to Bennell," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 24(1), pages 201-201, January.
  22. Psacharopoulos, George, 1996. "Economics of education: A research agenda," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 15(4), pages 339-344, October.
  23. George Psacharopoulos & Samuel Morley & Ariel Fiszbein & Haeduck Lee & William C. Wood, 1995. "POVERTY AND INCOME INEQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA DURING THE 1980s," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 41(3), pages 245-264, September.
  24. Psacharopoulos, George & Velez, Eduardo, 1994. "Education and the labor market in Uruguay," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 13(1), pages 19-27, March.
  25. Psacharopoulos, George, 1994. "Returns to investment in education: A global update," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 22(9), pages 1325-1343, September.
  26. Psacharopoulos, George & Velez, Eduardo & Patrinos, Harry Anthony, 1994. "Education and earnings in Paraguay," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 13(4), pages 321-327.
  27. Psacharopoulos, George, 1994. "Educational performance of the poor: Lessons from rural Northeast Brazil : by Ralph W. Harbison and Eric A. Hanushek. New York: Oxford University Press for the World Bank. 1992. pp. 362 + xiv. price: ," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 13(3), pages 271-271, September.
  28. Fiszbein, Ariel & Psacharopoulos, George, 1993. "A cost-benefit analysis of educational investment in Venezuela: 1989 update," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 12(4), pages 293-298, December.
  29. Psacharopoulos, George & Tzannatos, Zafiris, 1993. "Economic and Demographic Effects on Working Women in Latin America," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 6(4), pages 293-315, November.
  30. Psacharopoulos, George & Velez, Eduardo, 1992. "Schooling, Ability, and Earnings in Colombia, 1988," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 40(3), pages 629-643, April.
  31. Dabos, Marcelo & Psacharopoulos, George, 1991. "An analysis of the sources of earnings variation among Brazilian males," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 10(4), pages 359-377, December.
  32. Psacharopoulos, George & Alam, Asad, 1991. "Earnings and education in Venezuela: An update from the 1987 household survey," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 10(1), pages 29-36, March.
  33. Gomez-Castellanos, Luisa & Psacharopoulos, George, 1990. "Earnings and education in Ecuador: Evidence from the 1987 household survey," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 9(3), pages 219-227, September.
  34. Psacharopoulos, George & Arriagada, Ana Maria, 1989. "The Determinants of Early Age Human Capital Formation: Evidence from Brazil," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 37(4), pages 683-708, July.
  35. Psacharopoulos, George & Tzannatos, Zafiris, 1989. "Female Labor Force Participation: An International Perspective," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 4(2), pages 187-201, July.
  36. Kugler, Bernardo & Psacharopoulos, George, 1989. "Earnings and education in Argentina: an analysis of the 1985 Buenos Aires Household Survey," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 8(4), pages 353-365, August.
  37. Psacharopoulos, George, 1989. "Time trends of the returns to education: Cross-national evidence," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 8(3), pages 225-231, June.
  38. Psacharopoulos, G., 1988. "Education and national development: A comparative perspective : By Ingemar Fagerlind and Lawrence J. Saha. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1983. 237 pp. U.S.$32 (cloth), U.S.$13 (paper)," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 7(3), pages 367-368, June.
  39. Psacharopoulos, George, 1988. "Education and Development: A Review," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 3(1), pages 99-116, January.
  40. Psacharopoulos, George & Steier, Francis, 1988. "Education and the labor market in Venezuela, 1975-1984," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 7(3), pages 321-332, June.
  41. Velez, Eduardo & Psacharopoulos, George, 1987. "The external efficiency of diversified secondary schools in Colombia," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 6(2), pages 99-110, April.
  42. George Psacharopoulos, 1986. "Welfare Effects Of Government Intervention In Education," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 4(3), pages 51-62, July.
  43. George Psacharopoulos, 1985. "Returns to Education: A Further International Update and Implications," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 20(4), pages 583-604.
  44. Psacharopoulos, George, 1984. "Education and economic growth in the developing countries : Peter Mandi. Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1981 (distributed in the us by Humanities Press, Atlantic High-lands, NJ). pp. 225. Price U.S.$25.00," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 3(4), pages 353-354, August.
  45. Psacharopoulos, George & Zabalza, Antonio, 1984. "The effect of diversified schools on employment status and earnings in Colombia," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 3(4), pages 315-331, August.
  46. Psacharopoulos, George, 1984. "Education and development: Roger M. Garrett, ed., (Croom Helm, London, 1984) pp. 276, [UK pound]14.95," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 16(3), pages 346-346, December.
  47. Blaug, Mark & Dougherty, Christopher & Psacharopoulos, George, 1982. "The Distribution of Schooling and the Distribution of Earnings: Raising the School Leaving Age in 1972," The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, University of Manchester, vol. 50(1), pages 24-40, March.
  48. Psacharopoulos, George, 1982. "An analysis of the determinants of the demand for upper secondary education in Portugal," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 2(3), pages 233-251, June.
  49. Marin, Alan & Psacharopoulos, George, 1982. "The Reward for Risk in the Labor Market: Evidence from the United Kingdom and a Reconciliation with Other Studies," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 90(4), pages 827-853, August.
  50. Psacharopoulos, George, 1982. "Earnings and education in Greece, 1960–1977," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 17(3), pages 333-347.
  51. Robert McNabb & George Psacharopoulos, 1981. "Further Evidence of the Relevance of the Dual Labor Market Hypothesis for the U. K," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 16(3), pages 442-448.
  52. McNabb, Robert & Psacharopoulos, George, 1981. "Racial Earnings Differentials in the U.K," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 33(3), pages 413-425, November.
  53. Psacharopoulos, George, 1981. "Education, employment and inequality in LDCs," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 9(1), pages 37-54, January.
  54. G. Psacharopoulos & P. Wiles, 1980. "Early Education, Ability and Earning Capacity," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 7(3), pages 132-136, March.
  55. Lee, Kiong-Hock & Psacharopoulos, George, 1979. "International comparisons of educational and economic indicators, revisited," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 7(11-12), pages 995-1004.
  56. Psacharopoulos, George, 1979. "On the weak versus the strong version of the screening hypothesis," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 4(2), pages 181-185.
  57. George Psacharopoulos & Richard Layard, 1979. "Human Capital and Earnings: British Evidence and a Critique," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 46(3), pages 485-503.
  58. Psacharopoulos, George, 1977. "Schooling, experience and earnings : The case of an LDC," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 4(1), pages 39-48, February.
  59. Christopher Dougherty & George Psacharopoulos, 1977. "Measuring the Cost of Misallocation of Investment in Education," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 12(4), pages 446-459.
  60. Marin, Alan & Psacharopoulos, George, 1976. "Schooling and Income Distribution," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 58(3), pages 332-338, August.
  61. George Psacharopoulos, 1976. "Higher Education and Earnings: College as an Investment and a Screening Device by Paul Taubman; Terence Wales," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 11(2), pages 269-273.
  62. Psacharopoulos, George, 1975. "Estimating some key parameters in the brain drain taxation model," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 2(3), pages 309-318, September.
  63. George Psacharopoulos, 1974. "College Quality as a Screening Device?," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 9(4), pages 556-558.
  64. Layard, Richard & Psacharopoulos, George, 1974. "The Screening Hypothesis and the Returns to Education," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 82(5), pages 985-998, Sept./Oct.
  65. Psacharopoulos, George & Hinchliffe, Keith, 1972. "Further Evidence on the Elasticity of Substitution among Different Types of Educated Labor," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 80(4), pages 786-792, July-Aug..
  66. George Psacharopoulos, 1970. "Estimating Shadow Rates of Return to Investment in Education," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 5(1), pages 34-50.
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Chapters

  1. George Psacharopoulos & Harry Anthony Patrinos, 2008. "Education and Human Capital," Chapters, in: Amitava Krishna Dutt & Jaime Ros (ed.), International Handbook of Development Economics, Volumes 1 & 2, volume 0, chapter 24, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  2. George Psacharopoulos & Harry Anthony Patrinos, 2004. "Human Capital and Rates of Return," Chapters, in: Geraint Johnes & Jill Johnes (ed.), International Handbook on the Economics of Education, chapter 1, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  3. G. Psacharopoulos, 1999. "Human Capital and Earnings: British Evidence and a Critique (1979)," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Tackling Inequality, chapter 8, pages 126-154, Palgrave Macmillan.
  4. G. Psacharopoulos, 1999. "The Screening Hypothesis and the Returns to Education (1974)," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Tackling Inequality, chapter 9, pages 155-171, Palgrave Macmillan.
  5. George Psacharopoulos, 1982. "Education And Society: Old Myths versus New Facts," Palgrave Macmillan Books,, Palgrave Macmillan.

Books

  1. Psacharopoulos, George (ed.), 1987. "Economics of Education," Elsevier Monographs, Elsevier, edition 1, number 9780080333793.

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  2. NEP-EDU: Education (3) 2020-03-16 2020-07-13 2020-09-21
  3. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (2) 2020-07-13 2020-09-28
  4. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (1) 2011-04-09
  5. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2003-06-04

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