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Theoretical And Empirical Approches In Measuring Returns On Investments In Education

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  • Hatidža Jahić

    (School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo)

  • Alka Obadić

    (Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb)

Abstract

Continuous investment in education is a key factor in economic growth and development. Investing in education is an investment with a returns on investment and with multiple positive effects at the private and social levels. Earnings in the labor market represent private returns on investment in education and their measurement is in the center of the scientific literature. The main objective of this paper is to analyze modern theoretical and methodological approaches to measuring returns on investment in education, while analyzing the measurement methodology, indicators used and data sources. The scientific contribution of this paper is based on a concise and critical review of the scientific literature and trends in this field, with reference to the methodology used and indicators in measuring returns on investment in education.

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  • Hatidža Jahić & Alka Obadić, 2020. "Theoretical And Empirical Approches In Measuring Returns On Investments In Education," Ekonomski pregled, Hrvatsko društvo ekonomista (Croatian Society of Economists), vol. 71(6), pages 657-681.
    • Handle: RePEc:hde:epregl:v:71:y:2020:i:6:p:657-681
    DOI: 10.32910/ep.71.6.5
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    Keywords

    education; investments; measuring; returns on investments;
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
    • I29 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Other

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