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Cawelti, Gordon – NASSP Bulletin, 1982
Claims that, to receive government support, education must demonstrate its contribution to productivity in private enterprise. Suggests five indicators of productivity in high schools and discusses how use of seven productivity-raising interventions common in business might affect high school productivity. (PGD)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Improvement, High Schools, Human Capital
Measuring Social Returns to Higher Education Investments in Hong Kong: Production Function Approach.

Voon, Jan P. – Economics of Education Review, 2001
Uses a growth model involving an aggregate production function to measure social benefits from human capital improvements due to investments in Hong Kong higher education. Returns calculated using the production-function approach are significantly higher than those derived from the wage-increment method. Returns declined during the past 10 years.…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Higher Education, Human Capital, Labor Force

Jameson, Kenneth P. – Economics of Education Review, 1988
Large rural surveys from Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Paraguay were used to examine education's role. Education has a consistently important effect that differs across countries. It is strongest in the modernizing environment context and consistently related to social differentiation, except in Guatemala. Productivity effects…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Capital, Productivity

Schultz, Theodore W. – Economics of Education Review, 1989
Surveys research on the role of schooling and human capital in fostering productivity and economic growth. Argues that the returns to human capital are extremely large, compared with returns to most types of physical capital. Urges increased grants by international donors for investment in primary schooling. Includes 18 notes. (MLH)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Progress, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Joint Economic Committee, Washington, DC. – 1980
The Human Resources and Demographics staff study for the Joint Economic Committee's Special Study on Economic Change presents demographic data to support the position that it will take a strong economy to enable the United States to utilize its human resources. Data are presented, in narrative format, on fertility, population, characteristics of…
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Research, Employment Patterns, Human Capital

Millot, Benoit; Lane, Julia – Education Economics, 2002
Investigates the importance of time in contributing to the efficiency of the educational process by developing a typology for the addition of the time variable in the production of education. Includes a literature review, outlines the conceptual frameworks surrounding time and education, and then draws on international evidence. Conclude that time…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Human Capital

Killeen, John; Turton, Richard; Diamond, Wayne; Dosnon, Odile; Wach, Monique – Journal of Education Policy, 1999
Explores subjective aspects of human-capital investment decisions in education. Explores connections that 11th- and 13th-year British students perceive between their education and the labor market, and between qualifications mechanisms and life chances. Most students believe education plays a market-signaling role and a marginal role in raising…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries, High Schools

Foshay, Wellesley R. – Performance Improvement, 1998
Examines the concept of human capital, including how it is linked to strategic analysis and how it relates to four alternative models for return-on-investment (ROI). Discusses how to choose the best model for ROI justification of training or other human performance technology (HPT) interventions. (AEF)
Descriptors: Human Capital, Human Resources, Information Technology, Investment

Whitehead, A. K. – Economics, 1975
The human capital theory of the economics of education is examined. This journal is available from the Economics Association, Room 340, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, England WC1H 9BH. (DE)
Descriptors: Economics, Educational Economics, Human Capital, Human Development

Benson, Charles S.; And Others – Social Science Quarterly, 1974
This article examines the macro, micro, and distributional economics of education. Comparisons are made between the United States, Western Europe, and the U.S.S.R. (DE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors, Economic Research, Economics
Business-Higher Education Forum, Washington, DC. – 1984
Discussions of the Business-Higher Education Forum winter 1984 meeting are summarized. The Forum is a select group of about 80 chief executive officers from the largest corporations and higher education institutions in the United States. Welcoming remarks delivered by Arizona Governor Bruce E. Babbitt briefly address Arizona's future in…
Descriptors: Business, Business Administration Education, College Role, Educational Objectives
Myers, Charles N.; Sussangkarn, Chalongphob – 1989
This paper describes the relationship between the Thai education system and the changing economy by synthesizing existing research, focusing on several important research issues, and reviewing available policy options. Section 2 summarizes anticipated changes in the economy and patterns of labor demand, including current and prospective skill…
Descriptors: Economics, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Keyserling, Leon H. – Child Welfare, 1974
Discusses national responsibility for social welfare programs and the need for greater federal support. Suggests guidelines for those who seek more effective action to lead to a realization of the true potential of the American economy to provide for the welfare of all her citizens. (CS)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Federal Programs
Minneapolis Citizens Committee on Public Education, Minn. – 1967
Economic education is needed. Elementary school children should be taught the following concepts of economics: that economics is concerned with the problem of deciding how to make the best use of resources to satisfy human wants; that production and consumption are functions of any economic system; that in America competition in a market is the…
Descriptors: Credit (Finance), Curriculum Development, Economics, Educational Needs
Darcy, Robert L. – 1968
Without attempting to be comprehensive, this bibliography lists over 150 government documents, private publications, and journal articles on manpower and human resources, selected as representative works in the interdisciplinary field of human resources. Areas covered include: (1) general works, (2) investment in human capital, (3)…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Progress, Human Capital