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Economic conditions of government expenditure on education in higher education system

Rozmus, Andrzej; Cyran, Karolina - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 8 (2012) 1, pp. 72-84

Higher education institutions are an essential, endogenous element of economic development and take part in resolving global issues. Their utilitarian role, however, may be greatly limited as a result of improper ways of financing science and didactics. The prevailing mechanism of financing...

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Investitionen in Bildung : frühkindlicher Bereich hat großes Potential

Spieß, C. Katharina - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 26, pp. 40-47

Investitionen in Bildung sind für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Volkswirtschaft von großer Bedeutung. Vor allem frühkindliche Bildungsangebote versprechen eine hohe Rendite - weil Kinder davon noch Jahre später profitieren können und sich beim Lernen neuer Fähigkeiten leichter...

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Financial literacy of youth : a sensitivity analysis of the determinants

Samy, Martin; Tawfik, H.; Huang, R.; Nagar, A. K. - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 1 (2008) 1, pp. 55-70

Australian society with respect to their financial knowledge of Credit Cards, Loans and Superannuation (Pensions scheme in …

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Economic returns and risks to investment in education : an application of the multifactor CAPM

Athanassiadis, Antonios - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 1, pp. 95-120

Considering the investment in education as uncertain financial decision making we modify the short-cut method of calculating rates of return to education by incorporating the risk premium. Recognizing that market risk isn't the only factor affecting returns, we estimate the returns to education...

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Educación y escuela en el año del bicentenario de Argentina historia reciente : Tucumán 1990/2010

Macián de Barbieri, Liliana - In: Atlantic review of economics 1 (2011), pp. 1-25

analyzes the contents of the Federal Education Law No. 24,195, the Education Funding Law No. 26,075 and the National Education … Law No. 26,206. Important laws of recent educational history and have proven to have power. It is emphasized that the … Federal Law (1993) and National Law (2006) set extensions in the compulsory years of education reaching more people. Aimed at …

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Managing operating efficiencies of publicly owned universities : American university stochastic frontier estimates using panel data

Sav, G. Thomas - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 1, pp. 1-23

This paper investigates the extent of operating cost inefficiencies in the public provision of American higher education. The analysis employs panel data on American research and doctoral granting universities spanning four academic years, 2005-06 through 2008-09. Translog cost frontiers are...

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Review of current trends in shaping financial knowledge

Gemzik-Salwach, Agata - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 8 (2012) 1, pp. 102-107

The activity of local government units requires them to constantly deepen the financial knowledge and competence of their employees. This article presents review of current trends in shaping financial knowledge of local government units in Poland. The first part of this paper shows trends...

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Research into the financial knowledge of employees of local government units at commune level in Podkarpacie

Dzyuma, Ulyana; Rodzinka, Jacek - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 8 (2012) 2, pp. 76-94

The aim of this article is to present the results of a study on the level of financial knowledge among staff at local public administration offices. The study was conducted using the technique of Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) on a representative sample of commune level offices in...

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Productivity, efficiency, and managerial performance regress and gains in United States universities : a data envelopment analysis

Sav, G. Thomas - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 3, pp. 13-32

panel data for 133 research a nd doctoral universities, the focus is on the primary drivers of U.S. publicly cont rolled … productivity changes via the Malmquist i ndex are decomposed into component parts. Results suggest that U.S. unive rsities …

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¿El fin de la educación pública en Chile?

Paredes, Ricardo D.; Pinto, Juan Ignacio - In: Estudios de economía 36 (2009) 1, pp. 47-66

In the period 2000 - 2006, municipal or public schools reduced its enrollment in 186,000 students (13%) in Chile. Meanwhile, privately subsidized schools, receiving the same type of funding, increased their enrollment in 386,000 students (38%). In this paper we distinguish demand factors,...

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