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Die Bildungsökonomie vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg: ein Bestandteil moderner Wirtschaftstheorie und Wirtschaftspolitik?
The economics of education prior to World War II - a component of modern economic theory and policy?
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Abstract "Economics of education is still a young discipline. While substantial understanding has been achieved in many parts of the world, the subject has not solved its own methodological problems or made much effort to do so. Now it is back in fashion, and people are beginning to ask questions about the s... view more
"Economics of education is still a young discipline. While substantial understanding has been achieved in many parts of the world, the subject has not solved its own methodological problems or made much effort to do so. Now it is back in fashion, and people are beginning to ask questions about the scope of its application, the relevance of its methods and the purposes it serves. Educational economists investigate the implications of resource allocation and distribution for relations between educational variables and between these and the external environment. They seek to understand processes of skill creation, qualifications and their application, in ways analogous to the work of educational historians, sociologists and psychologists. Operationally, the economics of education is concerned with education and economic growth, employment, and income distribution. A major sub-theme has been the finance and distribution of resources within and between educational sectors and the measurement of their effectiveness and efficiency. This paper is limited to the period before World War II. It develops the seminal work of the founding fathers of the discipline, before the significant developments of North American scholars such as Mincer, Schultz and Becker in the 50s and 60s" (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
education; educational policy; Weimar Republic (Germany, 1918-33); education system; resources; economics of education; economic theory; economic growth; research topic; economic policy; effectiveness; research approach; peace time; Third Reich
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Macroanalysis of the Education System, Economics of Education, Educational Policy
Method
theory application; descriptive study; empirical; quantitative empirical
Document language
German
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 315-323
Journal
Historical Social Research, 38 (2013) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.38.2013.2.315-323
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed