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The Returns to Investment in Higher Education

Methods, Data and Policy Implications

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Using Data to Improve Higher Education

Part of the book series: Global Perspectives On Higher Education ((GPHE))

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The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the rates of return to investment in higher education based on existing data, incorporating where possible a differentiation for socio-economic background. The chapter discusses the shortcomings of the methods and data available. The size and pattern of the returns to higher education are put in the current education policy context.

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  1. Economics Expert, Former London School of Economics and the World Bank, United Kingdom

    George Psacharopoulos

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  1. University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Maria Eliophotou Menon

  2. Tufts University, Medford, USA

    Dawn Geronimo Terkla

  3. Middlesex University London, UK

    Paul Gibbs

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Psacharopoulos, G. (2014). The Returns to Investment in Higher Education. In: Menon, M.E., Terkla, D.G., Gibbs, P. (eds) Using Data to Improve Higher Education. Global Perspectives On Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-794-0_8

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