The economy of education identifies various kinds of usefulness of education: individual benefits and also so-called external benefits, by which society profits (internal as well as external benefits can be monetary or non-monetary). These dimensions of usefulness differ in the degree to which they can be quantified. The benefits of education have not been researched as thoroughly as its cost. The more far-reaching welfare effects of further education are especially hard to measure. The evalu…
Already Max Scheler developed a functional definition of education. With Scheler, education is not only not opposed to usefulness, but even prerequisite for reaching certain aims at all. In terms of the postmodernist media and mass society the relationship between education and usefulness has to be reformulated. With reference to Lyotard, the author develops a concept of education as a regulative idea. Under these conditions, individuals are not expected to integrate themselves culturally into…
Begriffklärungen rund um das Thema Nutzen von Bildung.
Die Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (OECD) bewertet Investitionen in Bildung nach ihrer Nachhaltigkeit. Studien zeigen: Investitionen in Erstausbildung sind ökonomisch und finanziell nachhaltig. Im Falle des Erwachsenenlernens ist diese bisher kaum überprüfbar. Es scheint aber richtig, die Finanzierung auf mehrere Schultern (Individuen, Öffentlichkeit und Unternehmen) zu verteilen (»Ko-Finanzierung«). Wurzburg stellt hierzu drei in letzter Zeit innerhalb der OECD…
In-company further education causes direct and indirect costs that can be divided up between employers and employees in different ways. The article provides an overview of a number of financing models of in-company further education, presenting empirical results of various surveys conducted in enterprises. Not only range of and participation in further education is dealt with, but also the height and composition of further education costs, the timing of qualifying measures, employees’ paying a …
The institution-economic analysis of problematic principal-agent relationships at off-the-job courses offered by the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Services) shows: The introduction of education vouchers does not change anything about the weaknesses of the system because qualification still happens outside the market. What is rather needed is a redirection towards on-the-job qualification measures since only these can help unemployed persons to find a job. Thus, qualification vouc…
Die Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (OECD) bewertet Investitionen in Bildung nach ihrer Nachhaltigkeit. Im Falle des Erwachsenenlernens ist diese bisher kaum überprüfbar. Es scheint aber richtig, die Finanzierung auf mehrere Schultern (Individuen, Öffentlichkeit und Unternehmen) zu verteilen (»Ko-Finanzierung«). Wurzburg stellt hierzu drei in letzter Zeit innerhalb der OECD-Länder diskutierte Lösungstypen vor: Senkung der direkten Weiterbildungskosten für Individ…
Einleitendes und aktuelles zur inhaltlichen Verklammerung der drei Begriffe.
