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The profit motive in the classroom: Friend or foe?
Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - 2023
Can competition and the existence of profit-seeking actors in the school market improve educational quality? To see … considering evidence from regular markets that competition and the presence of for-profit actors should spur innovation. Our … epistemic problem, which impedes the beneficial effects of competition and the profit-motive. First, the view of knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014542202
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Incentivizing innovative entrepreneurship in quasi-markets: Theory and evidence from Sweden's schools and nursing homes
Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - 2024
nursing homes, we demonstrate that competition and profit incentives, though crucial, are insufficient catalysts for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014577297
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The Profit Motive in the Classroom - Friend or Foe?
Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - 2023
Can competition and the existence of profit-seeking actors in the school market improve educational quality? To see … considering evidence from regular markets that competition and the presence of for-profit actors should spur innovation. Our … epistemic problem, which impedes the beneficial effects of competition and the profit-motive. First, the view of knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377204
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Incentivizing innovative entrepreneurship in quasi-markets : theory and evidence from Sweden's schools and nursing homes
Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - 2024
nursing homes, we demonstrate that competition and profit incentives, though crucial, are insufficient catalysts for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014531994
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The profit motive in the classroom : friend or foe?
Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - 2023
Can competition and the existence of profit-seeking actors in the school market improve educational quality? To see … considering evidence from regular markets that competition and the presence of for-profit actors should spur innovation. Our … epistemic problem, which impedes the beneficial effects of competition and the profit-motive. First, the view of knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014311932
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The profit motive in the classroom : friend or foe?
Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - 2023
Can competition and the existence of profit-seeking actors in the school market improve educational quality? To see … considering evidence from regular markets that competition and the presence of for-profit actors should spur innovation. Our … epistemic problem, which impedes the beneficial effects of competition and the profit-motive. First, the view of knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014303879
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The Profit Motive in the Classroom - Friend or Foe?
Henrekson, Magnus; Elert, Niklas - 2023
Can competition and the existence of profit-seeking actors in the school market improve educational quality? To see … considering evidence from regular markets that competition and the presence of for-profit actors should spur innovation. Our … epistemic problem, which impedes the beneficial effects of competition and the profit-motive. First, the view of knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014353331
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Post-truth schooling and marketized education: Explaining the decline in Sweden's school quality
Henrekson, Magnus; Wennström, Johan - 2018
The Swedish school system suffers from profound problems with teacher recruitment and retention, knowledge decline, and grade inflation. Absenteeism is high, and psychiatric disorders have risen sharply among Swedish pupils in the last ten years. In this pioneering analysis of the consequences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011917104
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The view of knowledge: An institutional theory of differences in educational quality
Henrekson, Magnus; Wennström, Johan - 2022
This essay argues that the most crucial institution of any school system is its view of knowledge - from which virtually all other aspects of a school are derived: the content of its curricula, its pedagogical practices, and the incentives that motivate its members. To make this case, we outline...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278333
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‘Post-Truth’ Schooling and Marketized Education : Explaining the Decline in Sweden’s School Quality
Henrekson, Magnus - 2019
The Swedish school system suffers from profound problems with teacher recruitment and retention, knowledge decline, and grade inflation. Absenteeism is high, and psychiatric disorders have risen sharply among Swedish pupils in the last ten years. In this pioneering analysis of the consequences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012898078