Higher Education and the Business Cycle 1870-1990
A Cross-National Comparison
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9943928 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Windolf (corresponding author), J Haas (0009-0000-6173-767X) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 167-191 |
| Publication date | 1993-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Comparative Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7152 • E-ISSN: 1568-5187 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002071529303400301 |
| OpenAlex | W2002548096 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
The expansion of higher education in five countries (Germany, Italy, France, United States, and Japan). Spectral analysis is applied for the first time to analyze the long-term causal relationship between the economic and the educational system. Two hypothesis are tested to explain the expansion : that of human capital and that of individual status competition. The analysis concentrates on the interaction between the educational and the economic systems, particularly during times of economic crisis. Spectral analysis is used to explore the cyclical character of the expansion and the relationship between economic growth and the increasing enrollment rates in higher education. For European countries the data support the theory of status competition : universities expanded particularly rapidly during times of economic recession. In the United States and Japan higher education expanded more or less apace with the economic system
Business cycle · Economics · Keynesian economics · Political science · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues
National Development and the World System
The Summation of Random Causes as the Source of Cyclic Processes
Objective Knowledge
The Unintended Consequences of Social Action
Business cycles
Kondratieff's Theory of Long Cycles
Variable Trends in Economic Time Series
Max Weber als Kritiker des Marxismus / Max Weber as a critic of Marxism
Political and Social Consequences of the Great Depression of 1873-1896 in Central Europe
Why study political cycles
Functional and Conflict Theories of Educational Stratification
Wheels of Time and the Interdependence of Value Change in America
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2004 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |