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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author
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CHAPMAN, Bruce
(LOUNKAEW, Kiatanatha)
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Title
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Measuring the value of externalities from higher education / Bruce Chapman ; Kiatanatha Lounkaew |
Publication year
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2015 |
Source/Footnote
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In: Higher education. - 70 (2015) 5, S. 767 - 785
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Inventory number
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38921 |
Keywords
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Ausland : Australien : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Ausland : Australien : Finanzierung, Stiftungen ; Finanzierung der Hochschulen : allgemein |
Abstract
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This paper takes an innovative approach. We have used the idea of converting international evidence of the size of higher education externalities as a proportion of GDP into Australian-specific dollar equivalents and added these estimates to estimates of lifetime fiscal returns to graduates. This allows us to estimate the expected spillovers over a graduates lifetime, an opportunity that has so far not been taken elsewhere. We conclude that an additional year of higher education in an Australian context, valued at the time of a students enrolment, lies between |
Signature
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