Public education policies: equity and educational success

The Equity of Public Education Funding

Public Policies and Education, Economic Growth and Income Distribution

This paper provides an analysis relating economic growth, human capital composition, income distribution and public education policies. In the model human capital is 'lumpy' and only the high skilled carry it. The government chooses capital taxes to nance education, which directly a ects growth, the number of high skilled people and wages. Growth and income equality depend positively on the pro...

The growth process of higher education institutions and public policies

This paper investigates the growth over time of the size of higher education institutions (HEIs), as measured by the number of academic staff, and its association with HEI and country attributes. We analyse a sample of 837 HEIs from 18 countries derived from the European Tertiary Education Register (ETER) and from the European Micro Data dataset (EUMIDA) for the years 2008 and 2012. Our analysi...

Smoke-free policies in New Zealand public tertiary education institutions.

The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control mandates the creation of smoke-free environments to protect non-smokers from second-hand smoke and reduce demand for tobacco. We aimed to examine the extent and nature of smoke-free campus policies at tertiary education institutions throughout New Zealand, and examine the policy development process. Stage one comprised an audit and content analysis of...

Transforming Public Education: The Need for an Educational Justice Movement