Edward Elgar Publishing The Economics of Higher Education (The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series)

Product Description Higher education is beginning to play an increasingly important role in the process of globalization, which promotes information technologies, development and diffusion of innovations and the ability of economies to benefit from rapid shifts in the production of goods, services, and ideas. In this volume the editors have brought together some of the most significant previously published academic papers describing how highly skilled graduate labour impacts on the economy. Topics covered include the economic benefits of higher education, student choice of subject and university, the technology of higher education, empirical research on the cost functions faced by universities, the funding and financing of university education, the market for higher education and how universities compete. In their scholarly introduction, the editors provide an overview of the volume and offer suggestions for future research in this field. Review 'The volume is well structured and will provide a good starting point for economists coming to the subject. . . the selection of papers is a good one for a showcase volume and the volume is a very good addition to the International Library of Critical Writings series.' About the Author Edited by Clive R. Belfield, Assistant Professor of Economics, Queens College, City University of New York, US and Henry M. Levin, William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of the Economics of Education and Director, National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, US