This article analyzes the present state of affairs in the funding of higher education. The current system of funding is the result of reforming a system that dates back to the 1950s. The reasons that made the reforms necessary are shown, as well as the consequences of the reforms. The myth of...

Translated from English by A. Pinskaya.

Schooling, Labor-force Quality, and the Growth of Nations // The American Economic Review. 2004. Vol. 90. No. 5. PP. 1184-1208. Translated from the English by E. Pokatovich.

In the present article the educational system is considered as a series of steps starting from the pre-school level and ending with the university level. The steps of education are in general consecutive, but there are some situations when some of them can be parallel. Each step is characterized...

Education is a milleniaold institution of reproduction of humans not only as rational and skilled beings, but beings with formed spiritual foundations of their existence. These foundations were always formed by the family, the church, and education. Alas, the primary hope today is with...

The paper is based on a poll of students at two business schools: Higher School of Management of HSE and Higher School of Financial Management ANKh. Under scrutiny are strategies and priorities of investment in business education, and indicators of students satisfaction with education. The...

Not only the colonial period, but also the pre-colonial times might have influenced later development patterns. In this study we assess a potential “pre-colonial legacy” hypothesis for the case of the Andean region. In order to analyze the hypothesis, we study the human capital of Inca...

Pre-modern growth was to a large extent dependent on processes of commercialization and specialization, based on cheap transport. Seminal interpretations of the process of economic growth before the Industrial Revolution have pointed to the strategic importance of the rise of the Atlantic...