The economics of education. Human capital, family background and inequality.

Autor/in	Checchi, Daniele
Titel	The economics of education. Human capital, family background and inequality. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Bildungsökonomie. Humankapital, familiärer Hintergrund und Ungleichheit.
Quelle	Cambridge u.a.: Cambridge University Press (2006), 278 S.Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	grafische Darstellungen
Zusatzinformation	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-521-79310-6
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Bildungstheorie; Allgemeinbildung; Bildungsbeteiligung; Bildungschance; Bildungssoziologie; Chancengleichheit; Soziale Ungleichheit; Soziale Herkunft; Soziale Mobilität; Generationenbeziehung; Bildungsangebot; Bildungsnachfrage; Bildungsökonomie; Bildungsertrag; Schulwahl; Schulklasse; Klassengröße; Privatschule; Schulbildung; Humankapital; Einkommensverteilung; Finanzierung; Humankapitaltheorie; Investition; Effekt; Verteilung
Abstract	"In an contribution to educational policy, the author offers an economic perspective on the demand and supply of education. He explores the reasons why, beyond a certain point, investment in education has not resulted in reductions in social inequalities. Starting with the seminal work of Gary Becker, the author provides an extensive survey of the literature on human capital and social capital formation. He draws on individual data on intergenerational transmission of income and education for the USA, Germany and Italy, as well as aggregate data on income and educational inequality for a much wider range of countries. The author explores whether resources spent in education are effective in raising students' achievement, as well as analysing alternative ways of financing education. The book thus provides the analytical tools necessary to understand the complex relationships between current income inequality, access to education and future inequality." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: Theoriebildung; Grundlagenforschung; empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2007/3