The quality of Hong Kong's self-financing sub-degree education from an economic perspective

The quality of Hong Kong's self-financing sub-degree education from an economic perspective

• Chan, Chi Wai School of Education and Languages, Open University of Hong Kong

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 34(4), 401-408, 2012

Routledge

2012

• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QD Secondary Education
• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QE Post-Secondary Education
• P Social Context of Education
  • PD Economy & Education
• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RC Educational Planning & Decision Making Process, Educational Administration

Education Work Relationship Educational Economics Earning Effect Sub-degree Education Educational Quality

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

This article examines the quality of Hong Kong's sub-degree level education provided by the self-financing institutes in terms of its impact on the earnings of workers, based on Hong Kong's 2006 by-census data. Education is an investment in human capital that enhances the productivity of workers and increases their lifetime incomes; and a more productive investment will produce a higher rate of return. The effects of education on workers' earnings can be regarded as a proxy for measuring the quality of education undertaken. This study shows that, as regards earnings, and therefore (indirectly) quality, the quality of sub-degree level education provided by some self-financing institutes is statistically significantly lower than that provided by publicly-funded institutes.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 1360080X

• 10.1080/1360080X.2012.689180

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/f49087f2

2014-01-18