Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/2725 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Asian economics [ISSN:] 1049-0078 [Volume:] 12 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2001 [Pages:] 401-417
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
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
JEL: 
I2
I2
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Manuscript Version (Preprint)

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