Productivity in Higher Education /

How do the benefits of higher education compare with its costs, and how does this comparison vary across individuals and institutions? These questions are fundamental to quantifying the productivity of the education sector. The studies in Productivity in Higher Education use rich and novel administr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Altonji, Joseph G. (Contribuidor), Carrell, Scott E. (Contribuidor), Courant, Paul N. (Contribuidor), Deming, David J. (Contribuidor), Hoxby, Caroline M. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Jacob, Brian (Contribuidor), Kurlaender, Michal (Contribuidor), Lovenheim, Michael (Contribuidor), Minaya, Veronica (Contribuidor), Patterson, Richard (Contribuidor), Riehl, Evan (Contribuidor), Saavedra, Juan E. (Contribuidor), Scott-Clayton, Judith (Contribuidor), Staiger, Douglas (Contribuidor), Stange, Kevin (Contribuidor, Editor ), Turner, Sarah (Contribuidor), Urquiola, Miguel (Contribuidor), Vlieger, Pieter De (Contribuidor), Zimmerman, Seth D. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2020]
Colección:National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
Temas:
Education, Higher > United States > Costs.
Educational accountability > United States.
Educational productivity > United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General.
earnings outcomes.
higher education.
investment.
productivity.
public benefits.
resource allocation.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How do the benefits of higher education compare with its costs, and how does this comparison vary across individuals and institutions? These questions are fundamental to quantifying the productivity of the education sector. The studies in Productivity in Higher Education use rich and novel administrative data, modern econometric methods, and careful institutional analysis to explore productivity issues. The authors examine the returns to undergraduate education, differences in costs by major, the productivity of for-profit schools, the productivity of various types of faculty and of outcomes, the effects of online education on the higher education market, and the ways in which the productivity of different institutions responds to market forces. The analyses recognize five key challenges to assessing productivity in higher education: the potential for multiple student outcomes in terms of skills, earnings, invention, and employment; the fact that colleges and universities are "multiproduct" firms that conduct varied activities across many domains; the fact that students select which school to attend based in part on their aptitude; the difficulty of attributing outcomes to individual institutions when students attend more than one; and the possibility that some of the benefits of higher education may arise from the system as a whole rather than from a single institution. The findings and the approaches illustrated can facilitate decision-making processes in higher education.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (392 p.) : 96 line drawings, 72 tables
ISBN:9780226574615
9783110704792
9783110704716
9783110704518
9783110704624
9783110711943
Acceso:restricted access

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