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Sullivan, Dennis J. – 1981
Declining productivity is a major problem in the American economy. Gains in productivity, and finally, actual rates of productivity, have been declining since the late 1960s. Specific problems arising as a result of this decline in productivity are the inflationary pressures that we face as a nation, the increased regulatory environment under…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Definitions, Economic Factors, Educational Research
Fishelson, Gideon – 1968
This study estimated rates of return to public investments in human and research capital (formal schooling and extension and vocational agricultural education) in the United States agricultural industry. (Southern states were excluded because of demographic and educational factors that would have biased the variables.) Output per farm was defined…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Correlation, Cost Effectiveness, Doctoral Dissertations
Huddleston, Kenneth F.; Fenwick, Dorothy – Training and Development Journal, 1983
Productivity is a central issue these days in any discussion about the economy. However, there is much more talk about productivity than there is real knowledge. We need a clear understanding of what direction productivity improvement efforts will take and what efforts are required to retrain the existing work force. (SSH)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship
Mincer, Jacob – 1989
This document, a review of labor market effects of human capital, focuses on two related topics. Part I describes the following early findings of the research on effects of education and job training on the wage structure, labor turnover, and unemployment: decline of training with experience, positive and significant effects of training on length…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Human Capital, Job Training, Labor Economics
Howley, Aimee – 1990
To help administrators understand the organizational, social, and ideological forces impeding their efforts to empower teachers, this paper provides three critiques of teacher empowerment proposals from functionalist, structural Marxist, and poststructural perspectives. Although the 1980s reform reports promote a type of empowerment that accords…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Conservatism, Curriculum Development, Democratic Values
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Millett, John D. – 1975
Economic decline is indicated by productivity per man-hour of work, per capita real personal income, and real gross national product. Unless new technology overcomes the force of a stable population and develops new sources of raw materials and of energy, economic decline seems a likely possibility. Creative management is a process of planning,…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Principles, Economics, Educational Administration
Rodriguez, Louis J.; Davis, Dewey D. – 1974
This text examines the economics of education as it exists in the United States. The text begins with a very brief introduction on the history of the financing of education. Then it examines the patterns of educational expenditures from 1960 to 1973, describes the current financial status of education, evaluates the contribution of education to…
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Educational Demand
Della Savia, Roy – Online Submission, 2003
This research discusses the relationship between the migration of skilled professional and managerial workers from Canada to the United States, the so called "brain drain," and seeks to determine if and how the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (F.T.A.) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) may have affected bilateral flows…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Brain Drain, Longitudinal Studies, Foreign Countries
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Lehtimaki, Jorma – Higher Education Management, 1996
The mission of the university is to increase human capital in all its dimensions, or value added to human capital through production of valid knowledge. Education and research are by-products, representing learning and discovery. Teaching is a distribution process within education. Distribution of research occurs through products such as public…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, College Role, Delivery Systems
Doyle, Denis P. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1993
U.S. education faces productivity and efficiency crisis. Because local, state, federal budgets are limited, schools must accomplish more with less. Few U.S. youngsters see themselves as workers or their school performance as greatly affecting later life. Teacher and student expectations are unreasonably low. Because schools cannot provide social…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Benchmarking, Community Involvement
Hobbs, Daryl – 1995
In the last decade, unprecedented rates of job growth and improvements in adult education were accompanied by increased numbers of children living below the poverty line and a decline in real income for most families. There are several possible explanations: (1) a kind of job growth that produces disincentives for a significant number of people to…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Bishop, John – 1993
A study examined the role of employer training in ameliorating skill shortages and enhancing productivity and competitiveness. The study established that formal training by specialized personnel accounts for only 5-10% of the time newly hired workers are engaged in training activities and that existing labor market research instruments fail to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits, Educational Trends
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Bowman, Mary Jean – Economics of Education Review, 1985
Focuses on three sets of generalized interrelationships among population growth, technological change, and education: human resources and technological change; parental education, child services, and demographic transition; and relationships affecting household health and contraception. Outlines current demographic trends and predicts effects of…
Descriptors: Child Role, Demography, Developing Nations, Economic Factors
Clark, Karen L. – 1995
The value of education in the workplace is becoming more evident as businesses face the challenges of the 20th century. Teaching and learning will become even more important for corporate success. If corporations are to be more productive, then one must change the way corporations and the people in them are viewed. Employees can no longer be…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Economic Development, Educational Economics
Nienhaus, Brian – 1994
This paper proposes use of an assessment tool called "commodity relations," to measure national knowledge resources to help companies make better site selections for international production operations. The paper first reviews traditional measures of human capital, such as average years of education per individual and literacy rates. The…
Descriptors: Business, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communications, Cultural Traits
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