Investing in human capital : a capital markets approach to student funding /

"Most higher-education finance literature assumes that students cannot pledge their future earnings to finance their education in a free society. Investing in Human Capital challenges that assumption and explores human capital contracts as an alternative mechanism for financing higher education...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lleras, Miguel Palacios
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Temas:
Student loans.
Education, Higher > Finance.
Human capital.
Training Support
Workforce
Prêts d'études.
Enseignement supérieur > Finances.
Ressources humaines.
STUDY AIDS > Financial Aid.
Education, Higher > Finance
Human capital
Student loans
Studiefinanciering.
Hoger onderwijs.
Human Capital.
Enseignement supérieur.
Financement de l'éducation.
Prêt étudiant.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. The problem of financing education
  • 1. The value of education
  • 2. Market failure in the financing of education
  • 3. The need for alternatives to traditional funding
  • pt. II. Equity-like investments to finance education
  • 4. The evolution of human capital contracts
  • 5. How human capital contracts work
  • 6. The case for human capital contracts.

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