Economics of Education : Research and Studies

Economics of Education: Research and Studies reviews key topics in the field of economics of education since 1960s. This book is organized into 12 parts. Part I and Part II focus on the supply side of human capital and narrower aspects of human capital creation by means of education. Subsequent parts look at the benefits of education; relationship between education and employment; controversies in the field of economics of education; issues of manpower planning; and methodology for empirically analyzing the issues in the economics of education. The last two parts address the costs of education, with emphasis on cost function, analysis and on the financing of education.

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Year of publication:	2014 ; 1. Aufl.
Authors:	Psacharopoulos, George
Publisher:	[s.l.] : Elsevier Reference Monographs
Subject:	Bildungsökonomik \| Economics of education \| Theorie \| Theory \| Wirtschaftsstudium \| Graduate economics education

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Extent:	Online Ressource (109829 KB, 498 S.)
Series:	Advances in Education
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Front Cover; Economics of Education: Research and Studies; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Economics of Education: A Review; 1. Human Capital; 2. Economic Efficiency; 3. The Contribution of Education to Economic Growth; 4. The Internal Efficiency of Education; 5. The Demand for Educated Manpower; 6. The Finance of Education; 7. Equity and Efficiency; 8. Reviews of the Literature; Bibliography; PART I: The Formation of Human Capital; Chapter 2. Education and Population Quality; 1. Education as Human Capital; 2. Issues that Matter; 3. An Assessment; Bibliography Chapter 3. Knowledge Industries and Knowledge Occupations1. Information or Knowledge?; 2. Types of Knowledge; 3. The Demand for Knowledge; 4. The Difference Between Knowledge Industries and Knowledge Occupations; 5. Knowledge Industries Enumerated; 6. Statistics of Knowledge Industries; 7. Knowledge Occupations; 8. Statistics of Knowledge Occupations; 9. Growth of Knowledge Industries and of Knowledge Occupations; 10. The Outlook for the Future; Bibliography; Chapter 4. Human Capital Concepts; 1. Measuring the Rate of Return to Investment in Human Capital 2. The Profitability of Human Capital Versus Physical Capital3. How Does Human Capital Increase Workers' Productivity?; 4. Other Forms of Investment in Human Capital; Bibliography; Chapter 5. On-the-job Training; 1. On-the-job Training in Nontechnical Usage; 2. Opportunity Costs and On-the-job Training; 3. The Concept of ""General"" Training and the Individual as the Investor in Training on the Job; 4. Firm-specific Training and the Sharing of Costs and Returns; 5. Firm-specific Human Capital and Labor Market Structures; 6. On-the-job Training and Institutional Adaptation to Change 7. On-the-job Training in the Invisible EconomyBibliography; PART II: Educational Production; Chapter 6. Educational Production Functions; 1. The Origins of Educational Production Functions; 2. The Conceptual Foundations; 3. Empirical Formulation and Interpretation; 4. Past Results; Bibliography; Chapter 7. Educational Technology; 1. Taxonomies of Educational Technology; 2. Within-school Applications of New Educational Technologies; 3. Out-of-school Applications of New Educational Technologies; 4. Further Comments on the Economics of Some Specific Media; 5. Conclusion; Bibliography Chapter 8. The Quality of Education1. The Measurement of Quality; 2. The Links Between Time in School and Earnings; 3. Effects of Quality on Student Changes; 4. Effects of Quality on Earnings; 5. Resolving the Paradox; 6. Summary: The Conflict Between Quality and Equity; Bibliography; Chapter 9. Achievement Tests; 1. Evidence of Achievement; 2. Test Construction; 5. Latent Trait Models; 4. Integration with Domain-referenced Approaches; 5. Learning Outcomes; 6. Reconceptualizing Achievement; Bibliography; Chapter 10. Wastage in Education; 1. The Concept of Educational Wastage 2. Ways of Measuring Wastage in Education
ISBN:	0-08-033379-6 ; 1-4831-4525-5 ; 978-1-4831-4525-9 ; 978-0-08-033379-3
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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