TY  - GEN
TI  - Economies of education: from theory to practice
AU  - Psacharopoulos, George
PY  - 2004
LA  - eng
KW  - Economie
KW  - Economic Development: Human Resources
KW  - Human Development
KW  - Income Distribution
KW  - Migration
KW  - O15
KW  - Education: Government Policy
KW  - I28
KW  - Economics of education
KW  - human capital
KW  - education poilicy
AB  - Economics of education is a relatively new field. In the four decades of its existence, it has generated a great number of hypotheses, empirical findings and Nobel Laureates. However, in the world live, there is an obvious divide between theory and practice -- Ministries of Education, in both industrial and developing countries, often act as if economics of education did not exist. Unfortunately, the same applies to international organizations with a mandate in education. The paper starts by reviewing major findings in the economics of education and their relevance to education policy making. It discusses the reasons why some robust research findings do not translate into practice. And it concludes by listing a number of research questions that are still open in the field. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/published
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/11945
UR  - https://pollux-fid.de/r/base-ftunivbruxelles:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/11945
H1  - Pollux (Fachinformationsdienst Politikwissenschaft)
ER  -