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The Economics of Education

An Analysis of College-Going Behavior

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Kazuhiro Arai

    1. Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan

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  • The book is written so that the reader can gain a multi-dimensional and comprehensive understanding of major issues related to college-going behavior

  • The author makes many original contributions to the field of economics of education, in particular by giving serious consideration to cases of capital market imperfection

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Basic Facts and the Purposes of This Book

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    Pages 1-10

  3. College-Going Behavior as Investment in Human Capital

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    Pages 11-45

  4. College-Going Behavior as Signaling

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    Pages 47-73

  5. An Application of the Internal-Rate-of-Return Method: Rates of Return to Medical and Dental Education

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    Pages 75-94

  6. Causes of Changes in the Enrollment Rate

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    Pages 95-119

  7. Individual Attributes and College-Going Behavior

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    Pages 121-150

  8. The Purpose and Function of Higher Education

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    Pages 151-164

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 165-201
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About this book

The aim of this book is to answer from an economics viewpoint such questions as why some people go to college while others do not, and why the percentages of different types of students going to college have changed so dramatically throughout the world over the past few decades. The information contained is up-to-date, but the contents will be accessible even to those without a major in economics. The author makes many original contributions to the field of economics of education, in particular by giving serious consideration to cases of capital market imperfection. The book is written so that the reader can gain a multi-dimensional and comprehensive understanding of major issues related to college-going behavior. While specialists of this field will find it indispensable, economics students up to postgraduate level can use this volume as a textbook on the economics of education or on applied microeconomics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan

    Kazuhiro Arai

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Economics of Education

  • Book Subtitle: An Analysis of College-Going Behavior

  • Authors: Kazuhiro Arai

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-66905-0

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kazuhiro Arai 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-66907-4Published: 13 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-66905-0Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 201

  • Topics: Economics, general, Philosophy of Education

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