Economics of education 1 : selected readings
- Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1968-69.
- 441 p.
- (Penguin modern economics readings) (Penguin education ; X56) .
INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE : THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN CAPITAL -- Investment in human capital / T. W. Schultz -- Towards a generalized capital accumulation approach to economic development / H. G. Johnson -- A critique of the concept of human capital / H. G. Shaffer -- The concept of human capital : reply / T. W. Schultz -- PART TWO : SURVEYS OF THE LITERATURE -- Assessing the economic contribution of education / W. G. Bowen -- The human investment revolution in economic thought / M. J. Bowman -- PART THREE : COST –BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES -- Rates of return to investment in schooling in the united states / W. Lee Hansen -- External effects of investment in education / B. A. Weisbrod -- Investment in on-the-job training / G. S. Becker -- Comment on Becker´s analysis of on-the-job training / R. S. Eckaus -- The rate of return on investment in education / M. Blaug -- PART FOUR : THE MANPOWER-FORECASTING APPROACH -- Manpower analysis in educational planning / H. S. Parnes -- Relation of occupation to educational qualification / H. S. Parnes -- Estimating the need for qualified manpower in Britain / C. A. Moser, P. R. G. Layard -- Shortages and salaries : the engineer-scientist case in the United States / K. J. Arrow, W. M. Capron -- An evaluation of a manpower-forecasting exercise / R. G. Hollister -- PART FIVE : EDUCATIONAL PLANNING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- Theoretical considerations in educational planning / C. A. Anderson, M. J. Bowman -- The planning of education in poor countries / T. Balogh, P. P. Streeten -- The vocationl school fallacy in development planning / P. J. Foster -- FURTHER READING -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX