Education; schooling; human capital. Section Editors: Colm Harmon; Klaus F. Zimmermann

• Gorman, E. (2022). Selective Schooling and Returns to Education. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_346-1
• Doyle, O., Jernström, L. (2023). Second-Generational Impacts: The Legacy of Prenatal Shocks on Human Capital. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_347-1
• Zhu, Y., Xu, L. (2022). Returns to Higher Education: Graduate and Discipline Premiums. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_348-1
• McNally, S., Ventura, G., Virtanen, H. (2022). Returns to Vocational Education and Training. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_349-1
• Delaney, J.M., Devereux, P.J. (2022). Rank Effects in Education: What Do We Know So Far?. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_364-1
• Buscha, F., Dickson, M. (2023). Returns to Education: Individuals. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_377-1
• Kennedy, K., ter Meulen, S., Zhong, J. (2026). Grade Retention. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_458-1

In preparation:

• Human Capital Formation of Indigenous Peoples
• Human Capital under Climate Stress: Evidence from Extreme Shocks
• Religion and Human Capital Formation
• Intergenerational Transmission of Education
• International Students: Causes and Consequences on Human Capital
• Plastic Surgery and Human Capital
• Role Models and Human Capital Choices
• Seventy Years of Human Capital: What We Know and What We Still Need to Learn
• The Cultivation and Career Development of STEM Scientists
• The Economics of Skills
• The Economics of Grading and Assessment Practices in Schools
• The Evolution of Human Capital Gaps in Education
• Trauma in Education: The Effects of Violence on Human Capital
• Universities and the Production of Higher Education
• Vocational Education and School-to-Work Transition 

Open:

• Human Capital Formation Over the Life-Cycle

Education chapters in other sections of the Handbook:

• Alam, S.A., Pörtner, C.C., Simpson, C. (2022). Economic Shocks and Children’s Education. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_311-1
• Aparicio-Fenoll, A., Di Paolo, A. (2023). Language Economics. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_411-1
• Bertocchi, G., Bozzano, M. (2020). Gender Gaps in Education. In: Zimmermann, K. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_26-1
• Choy, J.P. (2022). Religion and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_280-1
• Cohen-Zada, D., Justman, M. (2022). Religious Schooling. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_277-1
• Johnston, L.A. (2023). China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Human Capital Implications. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_412-1
• Meier, D.H., Thomsen, S. (2023). Causal Evaluation of Educational Policies. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_353-1
• Orazem, P.F., King, E.M., Hoque, M.M., Montenegro, C.E. (2022). Education and Longevity. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_290-1
• Tani, M., Piracha, M. (2022). Migration and Education. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_101-1