Economics of Education and Sustainable Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Education and Approaches".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 81715
Special Issue Editor
Interests: economics of education; economic growth and development; tax and fiscal; money and monetary policy; consumer behavior and restaurant tipping; economic education
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue consists of articles that investigate and discuss the relationship between economics of education and sustainable development. That is, how education economics plays an important role in sustainable development. Economics of education or education economics is the study of economic issue relating to education (such as education policy and finance, human capital production and acquisition, and the returns to human capital); while sustainable development is the study a system (a human society) operating and growing continuously, which includes environment, economy, industry, business, agriculture, etc. This special issue particularly focuses on the economy—how an economy continuously and steadily develops and grows. One of the key factors attributes to a country’s economic development and growth is human capital or education. When the percentage of educated workers in a country significantly increases, the country’s economy will become stronger, implying more productive and competitive. This is because educated workers can more efficiently implement tasks that requires literacy, critical thinking, and technological skills, and hence improves a country’s productivity and competitive advantages.
Authors from different disciplines, such as economics, education, social science, and other disciplines related to economics of education and sustainable development issue are invited to submit their papers. All theoretical and empirical research articles are welcome in this Special Issue. However, no matter what theoretical or empirical studies, authors are highly expected to provide economic theoretical or empirical models and economic analysis.
Prof. Dr. Tin-Chun Lin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Education economics and sustainable development
- Education and economic growth
- Human capital
- Teacher salaries
- The role of government in education
- Taxation for education
- Financing education
- Production and cost functions in education
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