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A Re-Evaluation of the Educational Production Function

Althoff, Clifford Lawrence

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Title
A Re-Evaluation of the Educational Production Function
Author(s)
Althoff, Clifford Lawrence
Issue Date
1993
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Gottheil, Fred M.,
Department of Study
Economics
Discipline
Economics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
  • Economics, General
  • Education, Social Sciences
  • Education, Business
Abstract
  • It is common in the economic fields of labor and development to view education as an input into the production process of individual goods or the economy as a whole. In this dissertation, I look at the process by which education itself is produced. In particular I look at the educational production process which takes place during a one-semester economics course.
  • There is a rich literature already in existence which takes this approach. My contribution to this literature is threefold: I closely examine the theoretical basis for typical model specifications and introduce a new category of variable which I call Noise. Next, I give a critical review of the recent literature in this area. Finally, I explore new input variables in an empirical study of my own. University records and a student survey are used to collect a rich data set. Regression techniques are used to analyze this data.
Graduation Semester
1993
Type of Resource
text
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