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Aslam, Monazza; Bari, Faisal; Kingdon, Geeta – Education Economics, 2012
This study investigates the economic outcomes of education for wage earners in Pakistan. This is done by analysing the relationship between schooling, cognitive skills and ability, on the one hand, and economic activity, occupation, sectoral choice and earnings, on the other. In Pakistan, an important question remains largely unaddressed: what…
Descriptors: Productivity, Credentials, Human Capital, Outcomes of Education
Fatima, Nasrin – Florida Journal of Educational Administration & Policy, 2009
The purpose of this study was to estimate the effects of investment in graduate and professional education on the subsequent growth in state workforce productivity. The independent variables of this study were investment in master's degree education, investment in doctoral degree education, investment in professional degree education, initial…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Masters Degrees, Doctoral Degrees, Professional Education
Stehlik, Tom – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011
The Commonwealth government provides fee exemption for any Australian who undertakes a PhD. This policy is presumably based on the "clever country" assumption that an educated population will develop and contribute to social and economic capital. Enrolment numbers therefore continue to increase, and a PhD is no longer an elite…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Federal Aid, Graduate Students
Baker, David P. – Journal of Education and Work, 2009
Formal education not only educates individuals, it reconstitutes the very foundations of society through a pervasive culture of education with a legitimate capacity to reconstruct work and its central components such as ideas about human productive abilities, new organisations and management, widespread professionalism and expertise, and the…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Higher Education, Models, Productivity
Down, Barry – Critical Studies in Education, 2009
This paper argues that under the influence of neoliberalism the role of schooling has been narrowly redefined as helping students to gain the knowledge and skills to "get a job". Drawing on the recent policy pronouncements of the new Rudd Labor Government in Australia, the paper examines how the advocates of human capital theory have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role of Education, Political Attitudes, Politics of Education
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
"Research Messages 2014" is a collection of summaries of research published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) in 2014 in the context of changing economic, industrial, social and education conditions, organised under the following broad categories: (1) Productivity: to sustain and build Australia's human…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Job Training, Postsecondary Education
Akhmedjonov, Alisher R. – RAND Corporation, 2010
Innovation is the key to productivity growth and prosperity. Most empirical cross-country analysis of the determinants of innovation focus mainly on developed countries. The objective of this study is to fill this gap in the research and analyze the determinants of innovation in transition countries of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Innovation, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
Babalola, J. B.; Olaiya, Foluke M. – African Higher Education Review, 2013
This paper reviews the perceptions of stakeholders on investment in higher education and economic development in south-west Nigeria. The study was based on the argument that despite the fact that Nigeria celebrates her wealth of human capital and boasts of her educated labour force, there is still widespread ignorance and poverty with no…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stakeholders, Investment, Higher Education
Kamarck, Kristy N.; Thie, Harry J.; Adelson, Marisa; Krull, Heather – RAND Corporation, 2010
The U.S. military services send officers to graduate schools each year to pursue advanced degrees, primarily to fill billet requirements later. This can be costly, including such things as tuition, housing, and pay but also the opportunity cost of the officer not filling an operational billet. Participation in such a program incurs specific…
Descriptors: Productivity, Graduate Study, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
"Research messages 2011" is a collection of summaries of research projects published by National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) in 2011. The publication also has an overview essay that captures the themes and highlights from the research for the year, including: (1) the initial education and training of young people and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Wages, Human Capital, Wastes
McGuire, Patricia A. – Trusteeship, 2010
U.S. Department of Education studies reveal that, by various measures, almost 75 percent of college students today are "non-traditional." While the "non-traditional" label used to refer mostly to students beyond the 18-to-22 age range (about 40 percent of college students are older than 22), the phrase now connotes students of all ages who are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Nontraditional Students, College Students, Adult Students
Brennan, Patricia L.; Powell, David S. – Lumina Foundation for Education, 2010
Today's students--as exemplified by the three inspiring people on this report--are a remarkably diverse group with unlimited potential. America is home to tens of millions of these 21st century students, and their success is vital to the nation's future. For the United States to thrive in the rapidly changing global economy, the full potential of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Role of Education, Outcomes of Education, Human Capital
Learning Environment, Learning Process, Academic Outcomes and Career Success of University Graduates
Vermeulen, Lyanda; Schmidt, Henk G. – Studies in Higher Education, 2008
This study expands on literature covering models on educational productivity, student integration and effectiveness of instruction. An expansion of the literature concerning the impact of higher education on workplace performance is also covered. Relationships were examined between the quality of the academic learning environment, the process of…
Descriptors: Productivity, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Learning Processes
Clarke, Thomas; Clarke, Elizabeth – Education & Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to examine the impact of the shift to a knowledge society, where information and communication technology (ICT) and the widening spread of internationally distributed information are creating a "skill revolution", as O'Hara suggests, there is a widening culture mismatch between what members of the knowledge…
Descriptors: Social Change, Economic Change, Productivity, Information Dissemination
Gilstrap, Donald E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A literature review revealed a lack of academic research related to cultural dynamics within organizations that influence information technology investments. The goal of this single descriptive case study of a for profit international company was to examine one area of cultural influence on investments. The aim was to gain an understanding of…
Descriptors: Research, Cultural Influences, Organizational Culture, Investment