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Economics, competition and academia : an intellectual history of sophism versus virtue
Stabile, Donald - 2007
1. Introduction : markets, competition, and higher education -- 2. Sophism, academia, and Greek economics -- 3. Adam Smith and sophism : reaction to the endowment model -- 4. Virtue and early academia in the US -- 5. Academia and the rise of capitalism in the US -- 6. Corporate capitalism and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420014
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New directions in the economics of higher education
Woessmann, Ludger (ed.); Bettinger, Eric (ed.) - 2020
Country Club: Do Colleges Cater to Students' Preferences for Consumption?', Journal of Labor Economics, 36 (2), December, 309 …. Zimmerman (2014), 'The Returns to College Admission for Academically Marginal Students', Journal of Labor Economics, 32 (4), 711 …, 127 (3), 1205-242 [38] -- 27. Caroline M. Hoxby and Sarah Turner (2015), 'What High-Achieving Low-Income Students Know …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012294242
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The economics of the apprenticeship system
Smits, Wendy; Stromback, Thorsten - 2001
The past ten years have witnessed a renewed interest in the apprenticeship system of industrial training. Employers have been shown to carry a large part of the cost of essentially general training with apparent little return to the firm - a problem which has generated a wide range of literature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473880
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Not only an economist : recent essays by Mark Blaug
Blaug, Mark - 1997
Mark Blaug has with good reason been described as the most widely read economist of his generation. He has made important contributions to economic history, cultural economics, the history of economic thought, the methodology of economics and the economics of education. Not Only an Economist...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473954
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Cost control, college access, and competition in higher education
Martin, Robert Eugene - 2005
Quality has never been more important for the future of higher education and the economy than it is today. Unfortunately, the decline in student quality is accompanied by costs that are out of control, a governance system that will not permit any reallocation of resources, and a society that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474002
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The economic institutions of higher education : economic theories of university behavior
Raines, J. Patrick; Leathers, Charles G. - 2003
Working within the context of the evolutionary-institutional transformation of higher education, the authors trace the development of an economic model by which the behavioral tendencies of modern universities can be evaluated. That model is expanded to provide insights to the following...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474161
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Teaching economics online
Al-Bahrani, Abdullah (ed.); Chaudhury, Parama (ed.);  … - 2024
"In the light of the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, this book is essential reading, providing valuable insight into teaching economics both online and in a hybrid format. Diverse in scope, Teaching Economics Online combines past experience with innovative ideas on how to design...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015072977
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Education and economic performance
Wolf, Alison - 2011
-527 -- Dirk Krueger and Krishna B. Kumar (2004), 'US-Europe Differences in Technology-driven Growth: Quantifying the Role of … McNally, S. (2008), 'Vive la revolution! Long term returns of 1968 to the angry students', Journal of Labor Economics, 26 (1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852307
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Knowledge, beliefs and economics
Festré, Agnès (contributor); Arena, Richard (contributor) - 2006
This book surveys how economists engage with knowledge and beliefs in various fields of economic analysis, such as general equilibrium theory, decision theory, game theory, experimental economics, evolutionary theory of the firm, financial markets and the history of economic thought
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851754
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Knowledge, inequality, and growth in the new economy
Nahuis, Richard - 2003
During the past two centuries, major technological breakthroughs such as the steam engine and electricity have acted as the catalysts for growth and have resulted in a marked increase in material well-being. The dominant technology today - information and communication technology (ICT) - does...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474134