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| Title: | | The fading productivity of schooling in East Asia  |
| Authors: | | Gundlach, Erich Wößmann, Ludger |
| Issue Date: | | 2001 |
| Citation: | | [Journal:] Journal of Asian economics [ISSN:] 1049-0078 [Volume:] 12 [Year:] 2001 [Issue:] 3 [Pages:] 401-417 |
| Abstract: | | We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on changes in the relative price of schooling. A rising price of schooling relative to other labor-intensive service sectors should indicate declining relative schooling productivity. We find that the price of schooling increased by more than the price of other labor-intensive services in 1980-1994. We also find that the cognitive achievement of pupils did not change substantially, which suggests a constant quality of schooling output. Hence we conclude that schooling productivity has declined. The main reason for the fading productivity of schooling in East Asian countries appears to be a strong decline in the pupil-teacher ratio. |
| Subjects: | | Asian countries , schooling , productivity growth Asian Countries Schooling Productivity Growth |
| JEL: | | I2 I2 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | doi:10.1016/S1049-0078(01)00094-X |
| Document Type: | | Article |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des IfW Economists Online
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