Education, Training and the Global Economy by David Ashton

Education, Training and the Global Economy by David Ashton

Across the industrialized and developing world, education and training are regarded as paramount to economic growth, but this view is rarely questioned or analysed. This major book is an in-depth multi-disciplinary investigation of the link between modern economies and education and training systems.Education, Training and the Global Economy takes issue with the notion that simply more or better education and training will inevitably bring economic success. The authors examine theoretical approaches to education and training before surveying empirical data and our knowledge of current skills trends in the global economy. The institutional and historical determinants of routes to low or high skill formation in industrialized economies are thoroughly considered. Particular attention is paid to the new routes to skill formation found in the dynamic Pacific Rim economies. This book will be welcomed by researchers, policymakers and students concerned with training, education and labour economics.

'This is a very important bookIt debunks the "Say's Law" of education which is so popular now among free market enthusiasts: that the supply of educated people automatically creates the demand necessary to employ it. The authors show that for the educated to excel requires a carefully cultivated socio-economic and political environment.'

David Ashton, formerly of Cardiff University and Francis Green, Institute of Education, London, UK

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ISBN 13	9781852789732
ISBN 10	1852789735
Title	Education, Training and the Global Economy
Author	David Ashton
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Year published	1997-03-20
Number of pages	240
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