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Can Cost–Benefit Analysis Guide Education Policy in Developing Countries?

In: Handbook of Research on Cost–Benefit Analysis

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  • Emmanuel Jimenez
  • Harry Anthony Patrinos

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This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of current research in the field of cost–benefit analysis and is designed as a starting point for those interested in undertaking advanced research. The Handbook contains major contributions to the development of the field, focussing on standard microeconomic policy evaluations, the relatively neglected area of macroeconomic policy and its integration into a formal CBA framework, and dynamic considerations in CBA

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  • Emmanuel Jimenez & Harry Anthony Patrinos, 2009. "Can Cost–Benefit Analysis Guide Education Policy in Developing Countries?," Chapters, in: Robert J. Brent (ed.), Handbook of Research on Cost–Benefit Analysis, chapter 4, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    3. Fasih, Tazeen & Kingdon, Geeta & Patrinos, Harry Anthony & Sakellariou, Chris & Soderbom, Mans, 2012. "Heterogeneous returns to education in the labor market," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6170, The World Bank.
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    5. Kenayathulla, Husaina Banu, 2013. "Higher levels of education for higher private returns: New evidence from Malaysia," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 33(4), pages 380-393.
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    9. Diego Azqueta Oyarzun & Guillermina Gavaldon, 2014. "The economic assessment of education: Social Efficiency or Social Reconstruction?," Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación volume 9, in: Adela García Aracil & Isabel Neira Gómez (ed.), Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación 9, edition 1, volume 9, chapter 51, pages 969-978, Asociación de Economía de la Educación.
    10. Roxana Elena Manea, 2020. "School Feeding Programmes, Education and Food Security in Rural Malawi," CIES Research Paper series 63-2020, Centre for International Environmental Studies, The Graduate Institute.
    11. Diana Mihaiu, 2010. "Study Regarding The Efficiency Of Public Spending On Education At Eu Level Through Benchmarking," Studies in Business and Economics, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 5(3), pages 201-214, December.
    12. Heiko Fritz & Guenter Lang, 2012. "Microcredit, Human Capital, and Personal Income Distribution: Empirical Evidence from Greater Cairo," Working Papers 30, The German University in Cairo, Faculty of Management Technology.
    13. Halliday, Katherine E. & Okello, George & Turner, Elizabeth L. & Njagi, Kiambo & Mcharo, Carlos & Kengo, Juddy & Allen, Elizabeth & Dubeck, Margaret M. & Jukes, Matthew C.H. & Brooker, Simon J., 2014. "Impact of intermittent screening and treatment for malaria among school children in Kenya : a cluster randomized trial," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6791, The World Bank.

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