Role of School Education in Development of Human Capital

Yelena Avraamova () and Dmitry Loginov ()
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Dmitry Loginov: Institute of Social Analysis and Forecasting, the Russian Presidential Academy of National and Public Administration

Economy of region, 2014, vol. 1, issue 2, 53 - 62

Abstract: In the articles, the households’ educational strategies for school children are surveyed on the basis of sociological research. The significance attached to school education in connection with human capital accumulation is in the focus of attention. It is shown that the accumulation of human capital through mass obtainment of higher professional education appeared as the consequence of rather significant gap in salaries level of educated specialists and employees without higher education. The article reviews such problems as the role of education in the present-day world, its significance as the foundation of human capital accumulation. The goals that households set before the system of school education are revealed on the basis of sociological data. Educational strategies of school children in connection with their opportunities of successful overcoming of Unified State Examination are explored. The assumptions concerning educational strategies alterations are made on the basis of conducted analysis and statistic data, which revealed the tendency of converging salaries of employees who received higher education with salary level of employees who received secondary professional education.

Keywords: human capital; educational strategies; school education; supplementary education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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