Purpose This study aims to answer the following questions: (1) Why have attempts transplant Western vocational education models failed? (2) Is there anything we can learn from experiences of Eastern Asian countries when developing their own models? Design/Approach/Methods reviews history transplanting skill formation schemes into countries, an often-failed die-hard practice supported by both bilateral and multilateral donors. Findings Our findings suggest that should design technical...

The benefits of good health to individuals and society are strongly positive, improving the poor is a key millennium development goal (MDG). A typical strategy advocated by some calls for increased public spending on targeted favor backed foreign assistance, combined with an international effort perfect drugs vaccines ameliorate major infectious diseases prevalent in developing nations. However, if objective better outcomes at least cost reduction urban inequity, our research suggests that...

This paper analyzes the impact of rural-to-urban migration on income inequality and gender wage gap in source regions using a newly constructed panel dataset for around 100 villages over ten-year period from 1997 to 2006 China. Since is time-persisting, we use system GMM framework control lagged inequality, which contemporary emigration also validly instrumented. We found Kuznets (inverse U-shaped) pattern between sending communities. Specifically, increases while has strong...

This paper examines the effects of both permanent and temporary emigration on human capital formation economic growth source regions. To achieve this end, explores Chinese provincial panel data from 1980 to 2005. First, fixed model is employed estimate effect school enrollment rates in Relative aspect, we find that magnitude (scale) emigrants (measured by ratio) conducive improvement middle high schools enrollments. In contrast, has a significantly positive but does not have significant...

Existing literature has been equivocal about the effect of religion on utilization health service and outcomes. While followers particularized theology hypothesis believe that doctrinal teachings, beliefs values religious groups directly influence access outcomes, advocates selectivity claim observed disparities between mainly reflect differential to social human capital which in turn determines outcome rather than per se. Using household data from Zimbabwe Multiple Indicator Monitoring...

Purpose: This study investigates the impact of Confucius Institutes on China’s international education initiatives. First, it examines whether establishment has a gravitational effect scale foreign students coming to China. Second, discerns there are any association between and attributes based type program they select. Third, identifies differences in constraints such as number students, income levels, cultural distance, geographical endowment. Design/Approach/Methods: Based trade gravity...

Over the past four decades, China has built up one of largest higher education systems in world which is no small achievement. The Chinese system very diverse and complex, varies a great deal terms ease access for students, quality teaching research, returns to education. Therefore, summarizing its progress or lack it daunting task. Li et al. (2023) offer fresh findings on their determinants. Their main conclusions are that college have stabilized after significant rise relatively high...