This study is earlier research works done on Tharparkar and Sindh barrage, and similar studies related to demographic, social and economic conditions and chapter-2 as a literature review of the thesis of Ph.D submitted in 2002. Purpose of the chapter was to give the complete picture of both...

This paper discusses the specific case of skills upgradation in Singapore. In an era where the need to upgrade skills is paramount in both advanced and developing nations, it is surprising that there is so much debate about what countries can do to upgrade skills. On one side, there are...

This study is earlier research works done on Tharparkar and Sindh barrage, and similar studies related to demographic, social and economic conditions and chapter-2 as a literature review of the thesis of Ph.D submitted in 2002. Purpose of the chapter was to give the complete picture of both...

We apply theories of capital market failure to analyze optimal financing of risky higher education. In the market solution, students can only finance their education through debt. There is underinvestment in human capital, because some students with socially profitable investments in human...

A tanulmány azt vizsgálja, hogyan alakult az egyes oktatási fokozatok egyéni és társadalmi megtérülési rátája, valamint az egyes végzettségek megszerzésének támogatottsága 1971ben, 1986ban és 1993ban. Az eredmények azt mutatják, hogy 1971 és 1993 között a...

A közelmúltban számos vitát hallhattunk arról, hogy a kormányzatnak milyen mértékben és milyen eszközökkel kell támogatnia az iskoláztatást. A cikkben olyan közgazdasági modellt mutat be a szerző, amely segítséget nyújthat a vita eldöntéséhez. A modell családi keretbe...

One of the most wide-ranging reforms in public education in the last decade has been the reorganization of large comprehensive high schools into small schools with roughly 100 students per grade. We use assignment lotteries embedded in New York City's high school match to estimate the effects of...

Wettbewerb ist in vielen gesellschaftlichen Bereichen wie Wirtschaft, Politik und Sport, aber auch in Wissenschaft und Hochschule wichtig. Wettbewerb hat positive Wirkungen auf die Leistungen und Auswahl der Wettbewerbsteilnehmer gemäß den geltenden Wettbewerbskriterien. Deshalb kommt es auf...

The effect of credit constraints on the dropout, graduate and slow finishing decisions of university students in Australia is studied. The Australian university system has institutions in place to resolve credit constraint issues, including an income contingent loan scheme and means tested...

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of three different types of education policies: tuition subsidies (broad based, merit based, and flat tuition), grant subsidies (broad based and merit based), and loan limit restrictions. We develop a quantitative theory of college within the context of...