Similar Search Results

Public Funds and Private Education : Impact of School Vouchers on the U.S. Workforce

McFayden, Elgie - 2014

The debate over the use of public funds to finance private school education has waged for well over forty years. The … contemporary debate on school vouchers centers on the impact of vouchers on public education budgets. While the impact of vouchers … school vouchers is that only the general goals and objectives of public education are considered. For example, most …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012751385

Chapter 30 Publicly provided education

Hanushek, Eric A. - In: Handbook of public economics : volume 4, (pp. 2045-2141). 2002

Historically, most attention in public programs has been given to the resources devoted to the activity, and resources have been used to index both commitment and quality. Education differs from other areas of public expenditure because direct measures of outcomes are available, making it is...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014024859

Was higher education a major channel through which the US became an economic superpower in the 20th century?

Cook, Adam; Ehrlich, Isaac - 2018

This paper offers a thesis for why the US overtook the UK and other European countries in the 20th century in both aggregate and per capita GDP as a case study of recent models of endogenous growth, where "human capital" is the engine of growth. By human capital we mean an intangible asset, best...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881092

Was higher education a major channel through which the US became an economic superpower in the 20th century?

Cook, Adam; Ehrlich, Isaac - 2018

This paper offers a thesis for why the United States (US) overtook the United Kingdom (UK) and other European countries in the 20th century in both aggregate and per capita GDP as a case study of recent models of endogenous growth, where "human capital" is the engine of growth. By human capital...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011804538

Why Does the U.S. Have the Best Research Universities? Incentives, Resources, and Virtuous Circles

MacLeod, W. Bentley - 2020

Around 1870 the U.S. had no research universities of note, while today it accounts for the largest number in the world. Many accounts attribute this transformation to events surrounding World War II. In contrast, this paper traces its origins to reforms that began in the 1870s. We first explain...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012835441

The Efficiency of Education Expenditure in Portugal

Clements, Benedict J. - 2006

governing public school teachers …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012782523

Privatizing educational choice : consequences for parents, schools, and public policy

Belfield, Clive R. - 2005

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002871549

Demand Matters : School District Concentration, Composition, and Educational Expenditure

Urquiola, Miguel S. - 2000

Tiebout's framework, recent research suggests this effect is operative for school districts: decentralization (greater … warn that school finance reforms, by effectively centralizing educational provision, may also lower expenditure. These …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014145401

Shadow Education : School Quality and Demand for Private Tutoring in Korea

Kim, Taejong - 2005

school quality stimulates demand for private tutoring significantly. The result supports the view that institutional features …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014067929

Measurement of Rate of Return in Education. Research Directions

Dziechciarz, Jozef Zbigniew - 2016

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000897