Course Catalog

ECON 521 Education Economics and Policy	3 Credits
The role and value of education in the economy; human capital accumulation and economic growth; private and public financing of education; private and social returns to education; schooling quality and educational production; access to education; signaling; non-pecuniary benefits of education; income distribution, equality and social cohesion; performance management and indicators in the education sector, public intervention tools (vouchers, conditional cash transfers, loans).
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit Spring 2015-2016 Education Economics and Policy 3 Spring 2013-2014 Education Economics and Policy 3 Spring 2012-2013 Education Economics and Policy 3 Spring 2011-2012 Education Economics and Policy 3
Prerequisite: __
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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