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Measurements of inequalities in access to higher education: Case of the Russian Federation
Osipian, Ararat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
changes in inequality in access to higher education in Russia. While intuition points toward a positive effect of introduction … index (DI) to measure income and education inequalities. The DI, the weighted DI, and the share weighted DI allow capturing … changes in inequalities in income distribution, concentration of wealth, or access to higher education more precisely than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836912
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Introducing Vouchers and Standardized Tests for Higher Education in Russia : Expectations and Measurements
Osipian, Ararat - 2008
The reform of higher education in Russia, based on standardized tests and educational vouchers, was intended to reduce … inequalities in access to higher education. The initiative with the vouchers has failed and by now is already forgotten while the … paper analyses the reform and suggests a methodology of measuring effects of the reform on access to higher education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014213941
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Proposes on Higher Education Government Reform in Russia
Pyshkin, Andrew - 2015
higher education in Russia. The first one is changing of the managerial model for higher education institutions moving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014137931
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Syndrome of Reforms' Arrhythmia in the Higher Education
Balatsky, Ye. - In: Journal of the New Economic Association 24 (2014) 4, pp. 111-140
The author discusses the process of reforms in the Russian higher education. It is shown that the first phase of reforms has been fraught with omissions of regulator and inflation of educational bubble, which gave rise to the budget crisis in the industry, and demanded radical interventions. At...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011118407
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Education Impact Study : The Global Recession and the Capacity of Colleges and Universities to Serve Vulnerable Populations in Asia
Postiglione, Gerard - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This paper reviews the capacity of colleges and universities to serve poor and vulnerable populations during past and present economic shocks. The main argument is that the environment of the global recessionan Asia far more economically integrated than during past economic shocks, with more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363586
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Higher Education in Transition to a Market Economy : A Case Study
Hare, Paul G.; Lugachyov, Mikhail - 1998
of the situation in Tomsk with reference to four important issues facing Russia?s incompletely reformed economy. These …; and (4) non-functioning of the market economy. The paper concludes by highlighting areas in which further reform progress …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014060204
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Why some sectors of transition economies are less reformed than others? the case of economic research and education
Ciaian, Pavel; Pokrivčák, Ján; Drabik, Dušan - In: Politická ekonomie 2008 (2008) 6, pp. 819-836
In the paper we analyze economic university research and education in transition countries. University system differs from industry in the nature of output that it produces. University system is engaged in production of public goods rather than private goods. The sector also suffers from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008754957
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Why Some Sectors of Transition Economies are less Reformed than Others? The Case of Research and Education
Ciaian, Pavel; Pokrivcak, Jan - 2005
We analyze university research and education in transition countries. University system differs from industry in the nature of product that it produces. University system is engaged in production of public goods rather than private goods. The sector also suffers from measurement problem. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496043
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Why Some Sectors of Transition Economies are less Reformed than Others? The Case of Research and Education
Ciaian, Pavel; Pokrivcak, Jan - Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI) - 2005
We analyze university research and education in transition countries. University system differs from industry in the nature of product that it produces. University system is engaged in production of public goods rather than private goods. The sector also suffers from measurement problem. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622660
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Why some sectors of transition economies are less reformed than others? : the case of research and education
Ciaian, Pavel; Pokrivčák, Ján - 2005
We analyze university research and education in transition countries. University system differs from industry in the nature of product that it produces. University system is engaged in production of public goods rather than private goods. The sector also suffers from measurement problem. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011513084