There is a well established theoretical literature about the private individual investment in education decision, based upon the traditional neoclassical literature, dating back to Becker. This framework also addresses the issue of the employer’s investment in training, although it is less...

Entendiendo el desarrollo humano como un proceso de ampliación de las capacidades de los individuos, y considerando la educación como un elemento del mismo, en este trabajo se estudia el sistema educativo de México. Para ello, se analiza el Sistema de Indicadores Educativos del Instituto...

As a means to improve the school quality in Indonesia, Indonesian government introduced and encouraged two different kinds of programs: The International Standard Schools and Acceleration Class Program. Both programs are expected to contribute to improve the quality of education system in...

Education as an investment has competitive investment assets to which is compared usually by the respective return rates, that crucially depend on institutional quality. High returns to education depend on education quality whereas returns to rent seeking are basically determined by the quality...

The data analysis on education, institution and growth shed further light on the limitations to empirical research as well as provide patterns that may be a useful reference for it. Firstly, carrying out Cluster Analysis similar-country grouping is obtained, and unsurprisingly, it is shown that...

En este trabajo se estudian los determinantes individuales del capital social en España. El capital social influye en el desarrollo económico, tal y como demuestran numerosos estudios, y se puede definir como la confianza, tanto interpersonal como institucional, y los aspectos positivos de las...

Although not exclusive to the Republic of Korea´s educational system, the pervasiveness of private tutoring, and its consequences, serve to distinguish it from systems operated in other countries. However, the identification of inefficiencies linked to this phenomenon have seen the educational...

Considerable effort has been exercised in the construction of school achievement tests that provide international comparability of results. One of the most widely accepted studies for international comparison of student achievement is PISA. Argentina, Chile and Mexico mean score in language was...

Los indicadores habitualmente utilizados para medir el fracaso escolar ponen en evidencia la clara necesidad de España por mejorar su alta tasa de abandono escolar prematuro, el nivel educativo de la población de 20 a 24 años y las dificultades de comprensión lectora de los alumnos. A pesar...

No hay duda acerca de la importancia que la ciencia tiene en la consecución de los resultados económicos, los niveles de bienestar, la capacidad de crecimiento y los procesos de innovación. Los sistemas de ciencia y tecnología están modificando su definición tradicional hacia otras...