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Direct linkCarnoy, Martin; Gove, Amber K.; Loeb, Susanna; Marshall, Jeffrey H.; Socias, Miguel – Economics of Education Review, 2008
This study uses rich empirical data from Brazil to assess how a government program (PDE) that decentralizes school management decisions changes what goes on in schools and how these changes affect student outcomes. It appears that the PDE resulted in some improvements in management and learning materials, but little change in other areas including…
Descriptors: Improvement Programs, Outcomes of Education, Educational Change, Community Relations
Peer reviewedMcMahon, Walter W.; And Others – Economics of Education Review, 1992
Three strategic effects on the rates of return to vocational and technical education (VOTEC) are considered: (1) the availability of complementary inputs such as general education; (2) the capacity of VOTEC to teach continuing adaptation to technical change; and (3) economies of scale that can be realized. (26 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Economic Research, Foreign Countries
