Effect of Secondary School Fees on Educational Attainment*

In this study, the heterogeneity of the fee abolition process in West German secondary schools is used to identify the effect of school fees on educational attainment and to obtain an estimate of the price elasticity of upper secondary education. The analysis is based on representative individual‐level data from three annual surveys of the German Mikrozensus. While coefficients cannot be estimated precisely, the results suggest that, on average, upper secondary school attainment increased by at least 8 percent in response to the fee abolition. The educational attainment of females appears to be more price sensitive than that of males.     

South Africa's economics of education: A stocktaking and an agenda for the way forward

This paper reviews some of the existing economics of education literature from the perspective of South Africa's education policymaking needs. It also puts forward a suggested research agenda for future work. The review is arranged according to five areas of research: rates of return, production functions, teacher incentives, benefit incidence analysis and cross-country comparisons. Production functions, especially if translated to cost-effectiveness models, can point to important policy solutions. Teacher incentives is a policy area that is in need of a better theoretical and empirical basis. Rates of return are difficult for policymakers to interpret, but suggest a need for a qualification below the Grade 12 level. While benefit incidence analysis can demonstrate large improvements in the equity of public financing, cross-country comparisons reveal that not only is the distribution of schooling outcomes particularly unequal, on average it is well below what the country's level of development would predict.     

工民建混凝土施工的质量控制措施

在建筑行业中,混凝土因为价格低廉、抗压强度高和容易成型等优势条件,成为了建筑行业最广泛的材料。文章对混凝土质量控制进行了相关的研究与探讨。     

普通高校体育课的开设与健身效应探讨

体育课是国家落实的一项基本政策,因此各普通院校都重视体育课的健身作用和地位,尤其是高效率快节奏的当今社会,要求学生劳逸结合,有很高的身体素质和心里素质,以便将来适应社会,那么体育课的健身效果有哪些?本文通过每年一次的大学生体质健康测试数据的对比,有力的证明体育课的健身效应,并督促大学生积极投入锻炼,积极上好体育课,达到锻炼身体的效果。     

试析国际工程承包行业的核心竞争力——以我国对非承包工程为例

核心竞争力已经成为一个企业在激烈竞争中取得成功、实现持续发展的关键。国际承包工程行业处在快速发展的阶段,面对国际市场的激烈竞争,只有提升核心竞争力,才能拓展经济发展空间,取得更大的发展和进步。本文以我国对非承包工程为例,根据波特五力模型来分析承包工程行业的核心竞争力,从降低成本、建立企业联盟、实现工程承包多样化,完善业务链、开拓业务领域注重人才培养方面提出提升我国对非承包工程的核心竞争力的方略。     

小型水利工程质量存在的问题及对策浅析

水利工程的兴建,对于周围地区的环境将产生非常大的影响。因此,制定水利工程规划,必须要从流域或地区的全局出发,以期减少不利影响,才能收到经济、社会和环境的最佳效果。工程质检工作是工程质量监督管理的重要环节,也是保证工程质量的重要条件。如果要保证水利工程质量,就要必须坚持认真进行质量检测。     

论医院建设工程项目投资控制与管理

自我国全面落实贯彻改革开放的伟大政策以来,三十年来我国发生了翻天覆地的变化,我国综合国力也在不断增强,这不仅仅表现在我国人民的物质生活水平的提高,也表现在我国对于医疗机构以及教育机构的不断重视和加强建设上。在此,本文作者针对于我国医疗机构体系的工程建设项目的相关问题做出了细致的分析和具体的阐述。     

高职院校大学生诚信状况调查及教育对策探析

诚信是中华民族的传统美德,是全人类所认同的道德规范。文章通过问卷调查的方式,对高职院校大学生诚信状况进行了调查,根据调查的结果,总结和分析了其中存在的主要问题及成因,提出了高职院校大学生诚信重建的对策。     

基于价值工程的物流设施项目成本控制研究

利用价值工程理论从技术、经济两个角度对物流设施项目成本控制进行了研究.通过计算成本系数、功能系数和价值系数,从而确定最优成本策略,为进一步推进物流设施项目成本控制和科学决策提供了一种新方法.