STUDY ON PRODUCTIVITY INDICATORS IN EDUCATION

Janeta Simona Weisz, and Alexandru Jivan
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Janeta Simona Weisz,: Christian University ”Dimitrie Cantemir”, Faculty of Tourism and Commercial Management Timisoara, Romania
Alexandru Jivan: West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Romania

SEA - Practical Application of Science, 2014, issue 4, 683-688

Abstract: This paper aims to outline synthetically a set of indicators for the study of productivity in education and to critically analyze their suitability as input, output or outcome. References were made to the indicators available in the databases of Romania, World Bank, Eurostat, OECD relevant for measuring productivity in education, which opposed to usual reporting between effect / result and inputs elements consumed in the production process,in the case of educational services should be considered the quantitative, but also qualitative aspects - and especially - mediated effects, on long-term and very long term. The research results presented, emphasize the importance of the educational reform efforts to focus more on qualitative aspects in measuring productivity, more precisely on the abilities, competencies that have pupils /students and adults, on motivating teachers, to achieve educational outcomes which could increase students performance, productivity growth on long-term and very long term effects, with an impact at the macroeconomic level.

Keywords: Education; Indicators; Productivity; Effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I25 J24 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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