Economics of Education
Maureen W. McClure
Associate
Professor
Department of Administration and Policy Studies
Senior
Researcher
International Institute for Studies in Education
And
Hector Correa
Professor
Graduate School of Public and International
Affairs
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Spring,
2001
Mondays
4:30 -7:10 p.m.
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Maureen
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Office:
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ADMPS 2398 |
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Phone 1.412.648. 7114 |
Fax: 1.412.624.2609 |
e-mail:mmcclure+@pitt.edu |
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Hector Correa |
Office: WWPH 3N27 |
e-mail: correa4@pitt.edu |
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Phone 1.412.648.7653 |
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The course provides an
introduction to the economic analysis of education, with particular emphasis
given to the economics of education in developing countries. Among the topics
to be covered are: human capital theory and functional, critical and interpretive
economic perspectives on it. The course also supports learning through use of
the Internet. Students will develop individual case studies that will map
perspectives on economics and education within an international organization.
This semester’s cases will
focus on Secondary Education Reform and Youth Policy.
January 8
Introduction to Education as a Comparative Field:
Comparative Perspectives, Comparative Countries
http://www.worldbank.org/education/economicsed/index.htm
http://www.worldbank.org/education/economicsed/about.html
If you can, watch the movie
http://www.worldbank.org/education/economicsed/introhumancap.htm
January 15
Martin Luther King Holiday
January 22 to February 12
The Microeconomic Theory of Education
Professor Hector Correa, GSPIA
February 19
A Matter of Common Sense-Science and
Self-Evidence:
Schultz,
T. W. (1981). "The Economics of Being Poor." in Investing in People:
The Economics of Population Quality (Berkeley: University of California Press)
Chapter 1, pp. 3-17.
A Matter that Sense is Not Common:
Blaug,
M. (1987). "The Empirical Status of Human Capital Theory: A Slightly
Jaundiced Survey" in The Economics
of Education and the Education of an Economist. (New York: New York
University Press), pp. 100-128.
A Matter of History:
North,
D.(1981). Structure and Change in
Economic History. (New York: W.W. Norton), Chapter 5, pp. 45-58.
February 26
A Matter of Morality: Critical Thinking:
Preserving Hierarchy
Bowles,
S. and H. Gintis (1976). Schooling in
Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life.
(New York: Basic Books) Chapter 3, pp. 53-101.
McClure,
M. (1990). Adieu Victoria? Reform and Critical Strategy in the Brimelow-Hickrod
Debates. Journal of Education Finance,
pp. 534-557.
March 5
Spring Break
March 12
A Matter of Conversation: The Linguistic
Turn and Interpretative Thinking: Cultural Understandings and Metaphors
McCloskey,
D. N. (1994). Knowledge and Persuasion in
Economics. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press) Chapters 2 and 3
(pp. 13-25 and 27-37).
Retamal,
G. Education as a Humanitarian Response. Guest Speaker.
March 19
A Matter of Economic Survival: Human
Capital, Knowledge Management and Learning Communities
Thurow,
L. The Future of Capitalism.
Frank,
R.H. and Cook, P.J. The Winner-Take-All Society.
Measurement of Means to Ends:
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Psacharopoulos,
G. and M. Woodhall. (1985). Education for
Development: An Analysis of Investment Choices. A World Bank Publication.
(New York: Oxford University Press) Chapters 7 and 8, pp. 128-204.
March 26
Free Riders and the Externality Problem
McClure,
M. "Chronic Economic Stress
and the Free Rider Problem in Higher Education Finance Policy in the United
States." National Academy for Educational
Administration, Champing, China. Asian Development Bank. May 1996
April 2
Political and Social Equity and Access: The
United States
Kozol,
J. (1991). Savage Inequalities: Children
in America’s Schools (New York: Crown Publishers) Chapter 2, pp. 40-82.
McClure,
M. (1994). The Reform that Wasn’t: the Lighthouse Strategy of Local Control. in
Investing in U.S. Schools: Directions for
Educational Policy. B Jones and K. Borman, (eds.). (Norwood, NJ: Ablex),
pp. 146-160.
April 9
Education and Economics Intersect: The
Sectoral Study
Mingat,
A. and Jee-Peng Tan. (1988). Analytical
Tools for Sector Work in Education. The World Bank. (Baltimore, MD: John
Hopkins University Press) Chapters 1 and 2, pp. 1-24.
April 16
Latin American Case Studies: Costa Rica
Carnoy,
M. and C. A. Torres. (1994). "Educational Change and Structural
Adjustment: A Case Study of Costa Rica." in Samoff, Joel, (ed.) Coping with Crisis: Austerity, Adjustment
and Human Resources. ILO-UNESCO. (New York: Cassell) Chapter 5, pp. 64-99.
April 23
European Case Studies: Bosnia
Spaulding,
S. (1994). The Education Sector in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Possible Long-Term
Options for Educational Policy, Planning and Development Assistance. UNICEF
report. (Pittsburgh, PA: International Institute for Studies in Education),
November 5.