中国教育投资回报率度量的关键问题探析

教育投资回报率试图衡量教育收益与投入的比例关系,为宏观、微观的政策选择提供依据。通过从数据、变量和模拟方程三个层面对国内外学者研究中国教育回报率的相关文献进行梳理和评论,我们认为:高质量的数据是精确化研究的基础;关键变量和实证模型的选择虽仍存在不足和争议,但可根据不同的研究重点和需要进行选择。结合现阶段我国教育的实际情况对我国教育回报的未来研究方向提出了相关建议。

Key Issues in the Measurement of Return on Education Investment in China

The return on education investment is to measure the ratio of revenue to investment to provide evidences for the macro and micro policy making.Through the review and analysis of the empirical research home and abroad on the rate of return to education in China from three aspects of the data,variables and equations,this paper suggests that high quality date is the base of accurate research.Although there are still insufficient and controversial issues in the choice of key variables and empirical models,the d...