A comparative analysis of education costs and outcomes: The United States vs. other OECD countries

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-21

  Wolff, Edward N ^a,d   Baumol, William J ^b,c,d   Saini, Anne Noyes ^c,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost disease; Costs; Education; International comparison; Productivity

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EXPENDITURE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; OECD; PRODUCTIVITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893515798     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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