The Economics of Education: Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association

787 Pages·1966·75.191 MB·English

by  E. A. G. Robinson, J. E. Vaizey (eds.)

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
CONFERENCE VOLUMES, Numbers 1-50
NUMBER 17
The Economics of Education
THE ECONOMICS OF
EDUCATION
Proceedings of a Conference
held by the International Economic Association
EDITED BY
E. A. G. ROBINSON
AND
J. E. VAIZEY
© International Economic Association 1966
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CONTENTS
PAGE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS xi
INTRODUCTION. E. A. G. Robinson xiii
PART I
GENERAL PROBLEMS OF EDUCATION
CHAP.
1. GENERAL PROBLEMS OF THE ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION.
G. U. Papi 3
2. EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION: STATISTICS AND COMMENTS.
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3. EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND OTHER UNIDENTIFIED FACTORS IN
GROWTH. Ingvar Svennilson 71
PART II
EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS
4. EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS : EXPERIENCE IN
INDUSTRIALIZED MARKET EcoNOMIES. M. C. Kaser 89
5. EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN
OECD MEMBER CoUNTRIES. K. Eide I74
6. MEASURING THE CONTRIBUTION OF EDUCATION TO
EcoNOMIC GROWTH. E. F. Denison 202
7. EDUCATION IN COUNTRIES IN PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT:
ExPERIENCE IN TURKEY. 0. C. Sarc 26I
8. THE EcONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF NATIONAL EDUCATION.
S. G. Strumilin 276
9. THE EcoNOMIC EFFECTS OF POPULAR EDUCATION IN THE
U.S.S.R. V. Jamin 324
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10. EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN THE U.S.S.R.
K. G. Nozko 334
PART III
DEMAND AND SUPPLY
11. QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOP-
MENT. Frederick Harbison 349
12. THE OECD MEDITERRANEAN REGIONAL PROJECT. Raymond
Lyons 380
13. ABSORPTION OF THE EDUCATED. M. Rashid
PART IV
THE COST AND FINANCING OF EDUCATION
14. THE CosTING OF HuMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT. Mary
Jean Bowman 421
15. CRITERIA FOR PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION. John
Vaizey 451
16. RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS AND EDUCATIONAL OBSOLESCENCE.
Selma J. Mushkin 463
17. CRITERIA FOR PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION. 479
P. N. C. Okigbo
PART V
BALANCE BETWEEN DIFFERENT FORl\1S
OF EDUCATION
18. DESIRABLE BALANCE BETWEEN GENERAL EDUCATION AND
TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING. Andre Page 497
19. THE BALANCE BETWEEN CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION. Bogdan Suchodolski
20. THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT LEVELS 01'
EDUCATION. Michel Debeauvais 523
21. TECHNICAL EDUCATION. Karl Abraham 547
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CHAP. PAGE
22. ECONOMIC TRAINING FOR ENGINEERING SPECIALISTS IN THE
U.S.S.R. N. P. Fedorenko 558
PART VI
INTERNATIONAL AID IN EDUCATION
23. INTERNATIONAL AID FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE
FoRM oF TEcHNICAL AssisTANCE AND REAL RESOURCES.
H. M. Phillips 567
24. INTERNATIONAL FINANCING OF EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT.
Hugh B. Ripman 591
PART VII
REPORT ON THE PROCEEDINGS
SUMMARY RECORD OF THE DiscussioNs. P.R. C. Williams 603
INDEX 776
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
THE International Economic Association wishes to express its
gratitude to all those organizations and persons who helped to make
the Conference reported in this volume practicable. Its holding
was made possible by the availability of the general grant of UNESCO.
The grant given to the Association by the Ford Foundation to enable
it to assist the participation of economists of less developed countries
in its work was also available to help in the organization of this
Conference. Our sincere thanks are due to those who wrote
the papers included here as well as those who contributed to the
discussions. A special word of gratitude is due to Mr. P. R. C.
Williams and Miss J. Baird who recorded and summarized our
discussions. The management and staff of the Palace Hotel at
Menthon St. Bernard did all they could to make attractive the
conditions in which the Conference was held. We shall all remember
the beauties of the lake and mountains. That the weather was consis
tently unkind was the one matter that was beyond their power to
ameliorate.
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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Professor C. A. Anderson, University of Chicago, U.S.A.
Professor Karl Abraham, University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Dr. Jan Auerhan, Ceskoslovensk:i Akademie Ved, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Dr. Mary Jean Bowman, University of Chicago, U.S.A.
Mr. L. Cerych, Atlantic Institute, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France.
Dr. Philip H. Coombs, International Institute for Educational Planning,
UNESCO, Paris, France.
Dr. Hector Correa, U.N. Latin American Institute for Socio-Economic
Planning, Santiago, Chile.
Mr. Michel Debeauvais, Institut d'Etude du Developpement Economique
et Social, University of Paris, France.
Professor D. Delivanis, University of Salonika, Greece.
Dr. E. F. Denison, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Professor F. Edding, Hochschule fiir International Padagogische For-
schung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Mr. K. Eide, Directorate for Scientific Affairs, OECD, Paris, France.
Professor L. Fauvel, University of Paris, France.
Professor N. P. Fedorenko, Association of Soviet Economic Scientific
Institutions, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Professor R. Goldsmith, Development Centre, OECD, Paris, France.
Professor B. F. Haley, Stanford University, U.S.A.
Professor F. H. Harbison, Princeton University, U.S.A.
Professor E. James, University of Paris, France.
Professor V. A. Jamin, Association of Soviet Economic Scientific Institu-
tions, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Mr. Michael Kaser, University of Oxford, U.K.
Professor E. Lipinski, University of Warsaw, Poland.
Professor E. Lundberg, University of Stockholm, Sweden.
Mr. Raymond Lyons, Directorate for Scientific Affairs, OECD, Paris,
France.
Professor F. Machlup, Princeton University, U.S.A.
Professor Andre Marchal, University of Paris, France.
Dr. Ing. Gino Martinoli, Chairman, Centro Formazione e Studi Cassa
del Mezzogiorno, Naples, Italy.
.Mr. F. de Menthon, 18 Place des Etats Unis, Paris, France.
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Professor J. Miner, Analysis Division, UNESCO, Paris, France.
Professor F. Neumark, University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Professor K. G. Nozko, Association of Soviet Economic Scientific Institu-
tions, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Dr. P. N.C. Okigbo, Embassy of Nigeria, Brussels, Belgium.
Professor A. Page, University of Grenoble, France.
Professor G. U. Papi, University of Rome, Italy.
Mr. H. M. Phillips, Analysis Division, UNESCO, Paris, France.
Professor K. N. Plotnikov, Association of Soviet Economic Scientific
Institutions, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Professor M. Rashid, Government College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Mr. H. B. Ripman, International Bank for Reconstruction and Develop-
ment, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Professor E. A. G. Robinson, University of Cambridge, U.K.
Professor 0. C. Sarc, University of Istanbul, Turkey.
Professor Anthony Scott, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
Canada.
Dr. G. Skorov, Analysis Division, UNESCO, Paris, France.
Professor B. Suchodolski, University of Warsaw, Poland.
Mr. John Vaizey, Worcester College, Oxford, U.K.
Mr. P.R. C. Williams, Overseas Development Institute, London, U.K.
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