Examines research reported in major books and journals of comparative education since 1977, focusing on challenges to established research traditions and the field's responses. Highlights work directing attention to new subjects of inquiry and challenging the nation-state as the exclusive research framework, input-output models and dominant…

Uses the multiplicative Cobb-Douglas production function to model Taiwanese economic output, 1953-85, as a function of labor and capital inputs and of measures of educational attainment. Finds that expanding junior high and vocational education met human capital needs and affected economic growth, whereas elitist senior high and tertiary education…