Economics of Education
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Cost Control, College Access, and Competition in Higher Education
Robert E. Martin
Quality has never been more important for the future of higher education and the economy than it is today. Unfortunately, the decline in student quality is accompanied by costs that are out of control, a governance system that will not p...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Globalization and Marketization in Education
Ka-Ho Mok, Jason Tan
Globalization has effected tremendous change to the character and functions of education worldwide. This unique book focuses on its impact upon Hong Kong and Singapore, and how these two East Asian Tigers have responded to the strong glo...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Human Capital Over the Life Cycle
Edited by Catherine Sofer
Human Capital Over the Life Cycle synthesises comparative research on the processes of human capital formation in the areas of education and training in Europe, in relation to the labour market. The book proposes that one of the most i...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The Economics of Higher Education
Edited by Clive R. Belfield, Henry M. Levin
Higher education is beginning to play an increasingly important role in the process of globalization, which promotes information technologies, development and diffusion of innovations and the ability of economies to benefit from rapid sh... -
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Incentives to Improve Education
Robert McMeekin
Incentives to Improve Education identifies three categories of incentives: rewards, (financial rewards for teachers), competition (educational choice, often in the form of payment for education by voucher) and threats (introduction of ex... -
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Education Matters
Alan B. Krueger
Education Matters presents in one volume many of Alan B. Krueger’s contributions to the economics of education. This invaluable collection of papers, based on his groundbreaking research from the 1990s, has been published in a wide rang... -
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Teaching Economics to Undergraduates
Edited by William E. Becker, Michael Watts
This book demonstrates alternatives to the lecture and chalkboard approach that dominates the teaching of economics, providing a range of innovative teaching techniques and examples aimed at engaging undergraduates in the learning of eco... -
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Education, Training and the Global Economy
David Ashton, Francis Green
Education, Training and the Global Economy takes issue with the notion that simply more or better education and training will inevitably bring economic success.
