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Aleksander Aristovnik - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Impact of ICT on Educational Performance and its Efficiency in Selected EU and OECD Countries: A Non-Parametric Analysis
    Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
    Co-Authors: Aleksander Aristovnik
    Abstract:

    The purpose of the paper is to review some previous researches examining ICT efficiency and the impact of ICT on Educational Output/outcome as well as different conceptual and methodological issues related to performance measurement. Moreover, a definition, measurements and the empirical application of a model measuring the efficiency of ICT use and its impact at national levels will be considered. For this purpose, the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique is presented and then applied to selected EU-27 and OECD countries. The empirical results show that the efficiency of ICT, when taking Educational Outputs/outcomes into consideration, differs significantly across the great majority of EU and OECD countries. The analysis of the varying levels of (Output-oriented) efficiency (under the VRSTE framework) shows that Finland, Norway, Belgium and Korea are the most efficient countries in terms of their ICT sectors. Finally, the analysis finds evidence that most of the countries under consideration hold great potential for increased efficiency in ICT and for improving their Educational Outputs and outcomes.

  • the impact of ict on Educational performance and its efficiency in selected eu and oecd countries a non parametric analysis
    2012
    Co-Authors: Aleksander Aristovnik
    Abstract:

    The purpose of the paper is to review some previous researches examining ICT efficiency and the impact of ICT on Educational Output/outcome as well as different conceptual and methodological issues related to performance measurement. Moreover, a definition, measurements and the empirical application of a model measuring the efficiency of ICT use and its impact at national levels will be considered. For this purpose, the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique is presented and then applied to selected EU-27 and OECD countries. The empirical results generally show that ICT has an important impact on the education sector’s Output/outcome in the considered countries.

Erik Thorbecke - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the impact of public education expenditure on human capital growth and poverty in tanzania and zambia a general equilibrium approach
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 2003
    Co-Authors: Hongsang Jung, Erik Thorbecke
    Abstract:

    Abstract The impact of public education expenditure on human capital, the supply of different labor skills, and its macroeconomic and distributional consequences is appraised within a multisector CGE model. The model is applied to and calibrated for two Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs), Tanzania and Zambia. The simulation results suggest that education expenditure can raise economic growth. However, to maximize benefits from education expenditure, a sufficiently high level of physical investment is needed, as are measures that improve the match between the pattern of Educational Output and the structure of effective demand for labor. An important result of the simulation experiments is that a well-targeted pattern of education expenditure can be effective for poverty alleviation.

Hongsang Jung - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the impact of public education expenditure on human capital growth and poverty in tanzania and zambia a general equilibrium approach
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 2003
    Co-Authors: Hongsang Jung, Erik Thorbecke
    Abstract:

    Abstract The impact of public education expenditure on human capital, the supply of different labor skills, and its macroeconomic and distributional consequences is appraised within a multisector CGE model. The model is applied to and calibrated for two Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs), Tanzania and Zambia. The simulation results suggest that education expenditure can raise economic growth. However, to maximize benefits from education expenditure, a sufficiently high level of physical investment is needed, as are measures that improve the match between the pattern of Educational Output and the structure of effective demand for labor. An important result of the simulation experiments is that a well-targeted pattern of education expenditure can be effective for poverty alleviation.

Jo Ritzen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • university autonomy improving Educational Output
    The IZA World of Labor, 2016
    Co-Authors: Jo Ritzen
    Abstract:

    University autonomy and funding is an important aspect in university-level education due to its impact on graduates’ competencies, and on the quality and quantity of research produced. Political factors influence the amount of autonomy allotted to public universities in specific countries. There is sufficient evidence to suggest that an increase in autonomy for universities would provide better Educational outcomes and have a direct impact on labor market productivity. However, the debate on autonomy has been overshadowed by discussions on tuition fees and student aid in political circles.

Covenant University Theses - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA
    2021
    Co-Authors: Afolayan, Olufunmilayo Tope, Covenant University Theses
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    Unemployment has remained persistent in Nigeria, despite government’s efforts at developing human capital through the rising school enrolments. This study examines human capital development and unemployment in Nigeria, while accounting for the relevance of measures of some environmental factors that enhance the capacity of the economy to absorb labour, using data that spanned the 1975-2017 sample periods. Specifically, it probes the effect of graduates’ turn-out (the adopted Educational Output measure, as proxy for human capital development), examines the impact of the measures of labour absorptive capacity on unemployment, and also investigates the nature of the interaction of government expenditures on education and health (as fiscal instruments), and its relevance in explaining unemployment. The study is premised on the Keynesian Framework, which hinges the remedy for unemployment on government intervention, through its fiscal operations for enhanced productive capacity and growth in employment. Through the adoption of the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) technique of estimation, the Bounds testing approach establishes a long run relationship among the adopted variables in the model. Findings from the ARDL estimations reveal that the magnitude of the coefficient of graduates’ turn-out is lower and statistically significant, when the variables that capture the labour market absorptive capacity are incorporated, than when they are unaccounted for. This implies that, in the absence of these environmental factors, the annual turn-out of graduates significantly contributes to the rising level of unemployment in Nigeria. This finding shows that the presence of adequate labour absorptive capacity is able to create enough space, which partly absorbs the graduates’ turn-out effect, thereby lessen the number that would have been unemployed. Equally, the measures of the absorptive capacity are observed to be the major drivers of unemployment. This implies that the challenge of unemployment in Nigeria is more of the inadequacy of the factors, which enhance the economy’s capacity to absorb labour, and not necessarily that of graduates’ turn-out. Moreover, finding indicates that investments in education and health interact as complements, and that the interaction is statistically significant in explaining unemployment, during the period covered by the study. This suggests that the interaction of the two fiscal tools produces optimal outcome, than when implemented independent of each other. The study concludes that continuous turn-out of graduates, without the adequate provision of the factors that stimulate employment creation, will heighten the level of unemployment in the long run. Following the findings, specific policies that ensure the provision of adequate infrastructure necessary to create employment, thereby enhancing the nation’s capacity to absorb labour and improve the labour market position, are essential. These include, but not limited to the increase in capital stock, provision of sufficient access to and consumption of electric power, good monetary policy that ensures the reduction in the cost of borrowing, thereby enhancing the private sectors access to credits, should be embraced by the relevant authorities. Furthermore, proper policy coordination by the Ministries of Education and Health, relevant for optimality in the drive towards reducing significantly the current level of unemployment, is recommended