Educational Economics

Author: Lin Rongri
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Publish Date: 2001-06-01
Features: Educational economics is an emerging interdisciplinary field. The book is divided into ten chapters, respectively elaborating on the concepts, theoretical foundations, educational costs, educational investment, educational returns, educational rate of return and internal rate of return in education, the contribution of education to economic growth, industrialization of education, and the theory of educational levels. The book aims to explore relevant academic issues in a step-by-step manner starting from the concepts, and combines China's actual conditions to propose some new theories and methods. Additionally, it offers unique insights on controversial issues currently debated in academia. This book can serve as a teaching material for educational disciplines, as well as a reference for researchers and students in related fields such as sociology, demography, and economics.