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Education and development : measuring the social benefits / Walter W. McMahon.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999Description: xiv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0198292317
  • 9780198292319
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.432
LOC classification:
  • LC65. M35 1999
Contents:
Part I. Introduction -- Measuring the Returns to Education -- Part II. Economic Growth -- Human Capital, Endogenous Growth Models, and Economic Development -- Education and Growth in East Asia -- Education and Growth in Latin America -- Africa's Population Growth and Dilution of Human Capital (with Ali Arifa) -- Part III. Measuring the Non-Monetary Benefits -- Health and Net Population Growth -- Democracy, Human Rights, and Political Stability -- Poverty and Inequality -- The Environment -- Education and Crime -- Part IV. The Complete Model: Education and Economic Development -- Tracing the Impacts of Education on Development: A Summary -- Measuring the Total Social Benefits of Education: The Complete Model -- Separating and Valuing the Direct and Indirect Effects of Education -- Summary of Conclusions: Measuring the Social Benefits, Convergence, and Policy Dialogue.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index.

Part I. Introduction -- Measuring the Returns to Education -- Part II. Economic Growth -- Human Capital, Endogenous Growth Models, and Economic Development -- Education and Growth in East Asia -- Education and Growth in Latin America -- Africa's Population Growth and Dilution of Human Capital (with Ali Arifa) -- Part III. Measuring the Non-Monetary Benefits -- Health and Net Population Growth -- Democracy, Human Rights, and Political Stability -- Poverty and Inequality -- The Environment -- Education and Crime -- Part IV. The Complete Model: Education and Economic Development -- Tracing the Impacts of Education on Development: A Summary -- Measuring the Total Social Benefits of Education: The Complete Model -- Separating and Valuing the Direct and Indirect Effects of Education -- Summary of Conclusions: Measuring the Social Benefits, Convergence, and Policy Dialogue.

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