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Peer reviewedAshworth, John – Education Economics, 1998
Demonstrates that popular assertions regarding the social benefits of additional higher education are dubious. Reveals four decisive factors: presumed economic growth; changes in graduates' and nongraduates' relative earnings; differences between the marginal and average student; and belief in scale economies. Unless economic growth favors…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
