The Economics of Education

The Economics of Education
ISBN-10
0415677564
ISBN-13
9780415677561
Series
The Economics of Education
Category
Education
Pages
146
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Routledge
Author
John Sheehan

Description

This book is a survey of the principal aspects of the economics of education, such as the demand for education as consumption and as an investment, good education and economic growth, education and manpower needs, and the finance of education. In some cases in recent years, economic theory has been applied to educational problems in order to gain an insight into the workings of the educational system. The result has been a certain amount of confusion and distrust among teachers and educationists: confusion because some theoretical aspects are not easily understood and distrust of the economist's intrusion into educational policy-making. This book overcomes these problems by making minimal demands on prior knowledge of economics and by emphasizing the limitations of economic analysis applied to policy matters.

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