EAS100Y1 Lecture : January 27 Lecture

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Traditional women was confucian-based; stayed home all the time; were considered as. Cosmological view cosmology = universe: divided in to 2 parts 1. In shilla kingdom (7th century), there existed queens: enlightenment period late 19th century, when the western civilization was introduced to korean society (ideas, spiritual world, society, education, women"s status, etc. ); women changed under the christian influence through missionaries coming from the west. Out of this education, women realized the equality of status; a new concept of women in their society. In the early days of enlightenment period, women adopted western names such as helen, A conflict broke out between the confucian values and western values. Men are superior than women (based on confucian thoughts: women under japanese colonization. Women were mentally trained so when koreans began the independent movement, the young women (normally high-school girls) came forward in line and fought against the.

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Think about all the money it costs to educate a person. Start with pre-school, the elementary and secondary years, and then consider right up through college and, for some, grad school. Now that you have a cost in mind, let us discuss the costs and the benefits. In this week's Discussion area, examine the following: Public education is a good that has helped millions and millions of Americans become successful, productive members of society. Would the average person be able to go to school if the Government did not provide for this good? Would only the very rich be well educated and successful? Look into the criticisms and the success stories about public education. What, if anything, can be done to make our schools more successful at educating our children? What benefits do you get from the tax dollars you pay into this effort? Is the cost worth the benefit?

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Two conditions that justify government intervention in a market are the presence of external benefits and equity concerns. Both of these issues are present in the case of primary and secondary education in the United States. Think about what education without government education would look like. In the absence of government intervention, all primary and secondary education in the US would be private. Public school districts would not exist. Parents would need to pay private firms (schools) to educate their children.

External benefits

If all education were private, itâs likely that people would buy too little education, from societyâs point of view. External benefits are one reason. When a child is educated, he or she benefits and we expect his or her parents to take those benefits into account when they purchase education. But there are additional benefits to society which parents may ignore. As people become more educated, they are less likely to be unemployed or be criminals and are more likely to volunteer and vote. The presence of these external benefits is an example in support for the government getting involved in education.

Equity

Many families in the United States have low incomes. Among all children in first through twelfth grades in 2001, 46% were from families with incomes below $40,000. Since the cost of private education would be an important share of these familiesâ incomes, most Americans would be concerned about the fairness of relying on markets to decide how much education children receive. Current spending by these families on private education provides some support for this concern. Of all children in private school in 2001, only 25% were from families with incomes below $40,000. Therefore, equity concerns are another example in support for government getting involved in education.

Providing vs. producing education

Most economists think external benefits and equity concerns justify government intervention in education. But it is important to distinguish between government production of education and other forms of government intervention. At the level of elementary and secondary education, K- 12 education, government intervention today mostly means production of education by local school districts. To benefit, children must attend public schools. But this is not the only form intervention could take.
There are other markets where government intervention takes the form of subsidizing peopleâs access to productsâthink of financial aid to college students, for example. Many people in the US think that government should move from producing education to subsidizing access.

One form that subsidy could take is government providing vouchers to parents. Parents would use the voucher to help pay for their childâs education in a private school. After it receives the voucher, the school would turn it in and be paid by a local or state government.

Today there is a lively debate between people who think K-12 education should be delivered publicly and people who think quality and efficiency would be higher if government provided vouchers and the education was delivered by private schools. Some of these quality and efficiency arguments can be based on material we covered this week. Price competition between private schools will pressure each one to produce efficiently. Competition for students will lead private schools to offer programs of interest to parents and their children.

Answer the questions below and make use of the sources supplied. Be sure to cite you sources in your answers.

1. Explain whether a potential exit by students with vouchers will lead to the improvement of public schools. 2. Discuss whether the implementation of vouchers will lead the best students to leave public school, which could lead to a decline in education for the students left behind in the public schools. 3. Consider what might happen to the students who use vouchers to leave public schools in order to attend private schools. How might their academic performance change as a result of switching? 4. Finally, think about the impact of a voucher system on the students in an urban setting. Describe whether all families would have an equal opportunity to access education.

Your final product will be a paper that: ? Addresses each of the four questions above in total. ? Is APA formatted. ? The body is to be 2 pages minimum.

The requirements for your assignment are: 1. Answer each question fully 2. Define the overall subject of each question. 3. Cite at least three (3) resources from this weekâs materials.

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