Education

Education

PUBLISHED RESEARCH

Mercatus Policy Series
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South Africa: Increasing Opportunities for the Poor

In this Country Brief, Enterprise Africa! lead researcher Karol Boudreaux and program associate Johan van der Walt focus on three domestic policy issues that they believe are important to expanding opportunities for South Africa’s poor: employment, education, and security. In addition, they also focus on three foreign policy issues that they believe are significant to leveraging South Africa’s unique position in international affairs: regional integration, good governance, and public and cultural diplomacy.

Journal Article

Entrepreneurship and Education: The Missing Link in International Development Theory and Practice

Paul Dragos Aligica, Bogdan Florian | Dec 06, 2007
Education and entrepreneurship are commonly considered major factors of economic development. If that is the case, one would expect that the international development organisations give a special attention to initiatives promoting education on entrepreneurship (teaching entrepreneurial skills, attitudes and ideas) and entrepreneurship in education (promoting the entrepreneurial initiative in providing, maintaining and developing education services). The study finds that these organisations' agenda has not started yet to incorporate the basic insights regarding the link between the two factors and concludes that this situation creates opportunities for a rich analytical and policy agenda in the area of education and entrepreneurship.

WORKING PAPERS

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Straight Talk About Economic Literacy

Bryan Caplan | Jul 2004
In this paper, Professor Bryan Caplan addresses the subject of economic literacy in the United States.

POLICY BRIEFS

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Competition and Education Reform

Examining the interplay between federal funding and state charter schools, focusing on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and how competition in education could reform financing and outcomes.

TESTIMONY & COMMENTS

State Testimony

Florida's Budget and the State's Outlook: Education Spending

Full Appropriations Council on Education and Economic Development and the Full Appropriations Council on General Government and Health Care of the Florida House of Representatives
Eileen Norcross | Feb 16, 2010
In this testimony, senior research fellow Eileen Norcross advises the Florida House of Representatives on better courses of action regarding it's budget deficits, particularly in regard to education spending. As of today, the state of Florida faces a budget gap of at least $3 billion. The choices Florida’s government makes today are vital to Florida’s future.