Donald R Winkler
Biographic Data
| ID | 315250 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donald R Winkler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donald R |
| FAMILY NAME | Winkler |
| SIGNATURE | WINKLER D R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Beyond the center
The study focuses on decentralization, referring to the process of returning the political, fiscal, and administrative powers, to sub-national units of government. It examines the decentralization transformation of government structures in Latin America, which, since 1983, has largely transferred power, resources, and, responsibilities, to the local level. Eight cases are reviewed, within a framework for sub-national government, revising the func…
State-owned enterprise reform in Latin America
The purpose of this study is to analyse the major characteristics and consequences of State-owned enterprise (SOE) reforms in Latin America so as to derive conclusions useful for guiding future reform programmes. Three countries at different stages of the reform process were identified for in-depth study; Chile, Mexico and Argentina. The underlying rationale for SOE reforms in Latin America has been both economic and political. In most countries …
Tax-Exempt Debt
The amount of tax-exempt debt has dramatically grown in recent years, although this growth has slowed with the passage of the Tax Reform Act of 1986. At the same time, real rates of return on this debt have risen. These phenomena may be explained by the effects of the federal and state governments. This article discusses the state and local policy variables that influence the market for intergovernmental debt. Placing these variables in a model o…
Migration of Foreign Students to the United States
Foreign student enrollments in colleges and universities have been increasing rapidly in the United States as well as in other English-speaking and West European countries [6, p. 17; 16, p. 278-85]. As enrollments of native-born students decline over the next decade, U.S. colleges and universities can be expected to compete for and enroll still larger numbers of foreign students. These phenomena emphasize the importance of understanding why forei…
Foreign Demand for United States Higher Education
(First Paragraph) Foreign student enrollments in the United States have increased rapidly over the past 25 years. The total number increased from 36,494 in 1954 to 336,990 in 1982. While foreign students still represent less than 2% of all higher education enrollments in the United States, this proportion is likely to grow over the next decade as enrollments of American citizens decline. One consequence of the growth to date has been that many co…
The Costs and Benefits of Foreign Students in United States Higher Education
This paper makes a two-fold contribution to the practical application of cost-benefit analysis and to our understanding of the costs and benefits to the host country of foreign students in higher education. First, within the technical constraints it develops a model for assessing costs and benefits; this model is potentially applicable to all countries with foreign students. The model includes educational and political as well as economic inputs,…
Economic Regulation and the Public Interest
The Effects of Sick-Leave Policy on Teacher Absenteeism
This study estimates the effects of sick-leave policy variables on short-term absenteeism among public school teachers in California and Wisconsin. Using a model that controls for personal and job characteristics, the author finds that policies requiring the teacher to report every illness directly to the principal or to show proof of illness are related to lower absenteeism. On the other hand, he finds that staff size and the proportion of teach…
University Resources in the Production of Education
A TTEMPTS to ascertain the productivity of university resources have typically relied on simple regression techniques; some measure of output is regressed on variables reflecting university services with controls for student characteristics. The results of these studies can generally be described as inconclusive with respect to the questions of whether or not university inputs matter. For example, Astin (1968) failed to find any strong relationsh…
A Decline in Poverty in the United States, 1959–1974 ∗
The Production of Human Capital Over Time
A decade has passed since the passage of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. Current federal expenditures for compensatory education under that act now exceed $1.5 billion annually. Those expenditures are largely focused on children in the elementary grades, in particular, kindergarten through grade three.' A major objective of compensatory education programs can be viewed as reducing poverty by increasing the human…
The revealed preferences of a local government
The Effects of Sick-Leave Policy on Teacher Absenteeism
This study estimates the effects of sick-leave policy variables on short-term absenteeism among public school teachers in California and Wisconsin. Using a model that controls for personal and job characteristics, the author finds that policies requiring the teacher to report every illness directly to the principal or to show proof of illness are related to lower absenteeism. On the other hand, he finds that staff size and the proportion of teach…
Migration of Foreign Students to the United States
Foreign student enrollments in colleges and universities have been increasing rapidly in the United States as well as in other English-speaking and West European countries [6, p. 17; 16, p. 278-85]. As enrollments of native-born students decline over the next decade, U.S. colleges and universities can be expected to compete for and enroll still larger numbers of foreign students. These phenomena emphasize the importance of understanding why forei…
Foreign Demand for United States Higher Education
(First Paragraph) Foreign student enrollments in the United States have increased rapidly over the past 25 years. The total number increased from 36,494 in 1954 to 336,990 in 1982. While foreign students still represent less than 2% of all higher education enrollments in the United States, this proportion is likely to grow over the next decade as enrollments of American citizens decline. One consequence of the growth to date has been that many co…
The Production of Human Capital Over Time
A decade has passed since the passage of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. Current federal expenditures for compensatory education under that act now exceed $1.5 billion annually. Those expenditures are largely focused on children in the elementary grades, in particular, kindergarten through grade three.' A major objective of compensatory education programs can be viewed as reducing poverty by increasing the human…
The revealed preferences of a local government
University Resources in the Production of Education
A TTEMPTS to ascertain the productivity of university resources have typically relied on simple regression techniques; some measure of output is regressed on variables reflecting university services with controls for student characteristics. The results of these studies can generally be described as inconclusive with respect to the questions of whether or not university inputs matter. For example, Astin (1968) failed to find any strong relationsh…
A Decline in Poverty in the United States, 1959–1974 ∗
The Effects of Sick-Leave Policy on Teacher Absenteeism
This study estimates the effects of sick-leave policy variables on short-term absenteeism among public school teachers in California and Wisconsin. Using a model that controls for personal and job characteristics, the author finds that policies requiring the teacher to report every illness directly to the principal or to show proof of illness are related to lower absenteeism. On the other hand, he finds that staff size and the proportion of teach…
Economic Regulation and the Public Interest
The Costs and Benefits of Foreign Students in United States Higher Education
This paper makes a two-fold contribution to the practical application of cost-benefit analysis and to our understanding of the costs and benefits to the host country of foreign students in higher education. First, within the technical constraints it develops a model for assessing costs and benefits; this model is potentially applicable to all countries with foreign students. The model includes educational and political as well as economic inputs,…
Migration of Foreign Students to the United States
Foreign student enrollments in colleges and universities have been increasing rapidly in the United States as well as in other English-speaking and West European countries [6, p. 17; 16, p. 278-85]. As enrollments of native-born students decline over the next decade, U.S. colleges and universities can be expected to compete for and enroll still larger numbers of foreign students. These phenomena emphasize the importance of understanding why forei…
Foreign Demand for United States Higher Education
(First Paragraph) Foreign student enrollments in the United States have increased rapidly over the past 25 years. The total number increased from 36,494 in 1954 to 336,990 in 1982. While foreign students still represent less than 2% of all higher education enrollments in the United States, this proportion is likely to grow over the next decade as enrollments of American citizens decline. One consequence of the growth to date has been that many co…
Tax-Exempt Debt
The amount of tax-exempt debt has dramatically grown in recent years, although this growth has slowed with the passage of the Tax Reform Act of 1986. At the same time, real rates of return on this debt have risen. These phenomena may be explained by the effects of the federal and state governments. This article discusses the state and local policy variables that influence the market for intergovernmental debt. Placing these variables in a model o…
State-owned enterprise reform in Latin America
The purpose of this study is to analyse the major characteristics and consequences of State-owned enterprise (SOE) reforms in Latin America so as to derive conclusions useful for guiding future reform programmes. Three countries at different stages of the reform process were identified for in-depth study; Chile, Mexico and Argentina. The underlying rationale for SOE reforms in Latin America has been both economic and political. In most countries …
Beyond the center
The study focuses on decentralization, referring to the process of returning the political, fiscal, and administrative powers, to sub-national units of government. It examines the decentralization transformation of government structures in Latin America, which, since 1983, has largely transferred power, resources, and, responsibilities, to the local level. Eight cases are reviewed, within a framework for sub-national government, revising the func…
Economics (10 works) · Political science (7 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · State (computer science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (2 works)