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Chapter 2. Normative Principles
Chapter 2. Normative Principles
Chapter 2. Normative Principles
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Table 2. Relative Earnings of the Population with Income from Employment: Males
By Level of Educational attainment for the Population 25 to 64 years of age
(Upper Secondary Education = 100)
Males Lower Males Higher Education Males Higher Education
Country Secondary and Below Non-University University
Australia 87 120 144
Canada 84 109 148
Czeck Republic 75 177 178
Denmark 87 122 148
Finland 94 128 186
France 88 128 178
Germany 77 105 149
Hungary 72 240 218
Ireland 72 100 149
Italy 54
Korea 88 105 143
Netherlands 86 142 138
New Zealand 76
Norway 85 125 133
Portugal 61 149 188
Spain 75 96 178
Sweden 87
Switzerland 81 122 144
United Kingdom 73 126 159
United States 65 119 183
Country Mean 78 130 163
Source: Hanushek, Eric A. (2002). "Publicly Provided Education. " National Bureau of Economic Research. WP 8799.
February. pp. 96-100. Basic Data was sourced from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),
2001)
F ig u re 1. P e rce n tag e o f P o p u latio n attain in g U p p e r S e co n d ary
E d u catio n o r M o re (1999)
88
U n ite d S ta te s 87
66
U n ite d K in g d o m 62
89
S w itz e rla n d 82
87
Sw e de n 77
55
S p a in 35
30
P o rtu g a l 21
94
N o rw a y 85
79
N e w Ze a la n d 74
93
K o re a 66
55 S c h o o lin g 2 5 -3 4
Ita ly 42
S c h o o lin g 2 5 -6 4
67
Ire la n d 51
80
H u n g a ry 67
85
G e rm a n y 81
76
F ra n ce 62
86
F in la n d 72
87
D e n m a rk 80
93
C z e ck R e p u b lic 86
87
Ca na da 79
65
A u stra lia 57
0 20 40 60 80 100
Figure 2. Percentage of Population Attaining Upper Secondary Education or More
(1999)
D e v e l op i ng C ou nt r i e s 42
Mean 32
OEC D M e a n 72
62
Z i m ba bwe 51
29
U r ug ua y 39
32
T un i si a
11
8
Th a i l a n d
23
16
S r i La nk a
46
36 Schooling 25-34
55 Schooling 25-64
P h i l i pp i ne s
44
P er u 58
46
M a l a y si a 50
35
J or da n 55
51
I nd on e si a
33
22
C hi l e
55
43
Br az il
29
24
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Table 4. Educational Spending by the Government Relative to
GDP and Percentage of Population aged 25 to 64 Attaining at
Least Upper Secondary Education (1998)
Expenditure Relative to
GDP Schooling 25 to 64
Australia 3.8 57
Canada 4.1 79
Czeck Republic 3.1 86
Denmark 4.3 80
Finland 3.7 72
France 4.4 62
Germany 3.7 81
Hungary 3.1 67
Ireland 3.3 51
Italy 3.5 42
Korea 4 66
New Zealand 74
Norway 4.4 85
Portugal 4.2 21
Spain 3.7 35
Sweden 4.5 77
Switzerland 4.5 82
United Kingdom 62
United States 3.7 87
Note: Expenditure Relative to GDP refers to the expenditure per student in
US dollars converted using PPP.
Source: OECD, 2001 in Hanushek pp. 96 to 100
Figure 3. Schooling vs. Public School Expenditure
100
90
Attaining Upper Secondary Education or
Percentage of Population Aged 25 to 64
80
70
60
More (1999)
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Percent Expenditure per Student and Spending Relative to GDP (1998)
Table 5. Actual Expenditure per Student on Secondary
Education and Percentage of Population Aged 25 to 64
Attaining at Least Upper Secondary Education (1998)
Secondary Education Schooling 25-64
Australia 5,830 57
Canada 79
Czeck Republic 3,182 86
Denmark 7,200 80
Finland 5,111 72
France 6,605 62
Germany 6,209 81
Hungary 2,140 67
Ireland 3,934 51
Italy 6,458 42
Korea 3,544 66
New Zealand 74
Norway 7,343 85
Portugal 4,636 21
Spain 4,274 35
Sweden 5,648 77
Switzerland 9,348 82
United Kingdom 5,230 62
United States 7,764 87
Note: Expenditure Relative to GDP refers to the expenditure
per student in US dollars converted using PPP.
Source: OECD, 2001 in Hanushek pp. 96 to 100