Planning and Regulations: An Economic Analysis of Taiwan Education Rush
Date Issued
2011
Date
2011
Author(s)
Tsai, Yu-Ta
Abstract
The "Education Rush" have raised much concern in Taiwan since 1950s. This term represents a phenomenon of which parents and students showed a strong urge for pursuing educational accomplishments, which in turn brought about intense competition in enrollment exams, stressful studying, and school derailment. From the economic point of view, the nature of this phenomenon is long-time "excess demand" in the education market. For decades, the "scholar-official envy" in Chinese society and the limitations to education opportunities were regarded as the main cause of this excess demand; however, this paper will show that the price (tuition and fees included) of education also plays a crucial role. The first-half of this paper examines the supply and price of the higher education market in Taiwan since 1970s, which suggests that both of them were strictly regulated, especially in the 1970-80s. Combined with economic analytical framework, the second-half of this paper shows how the features in Taiwan''s higher education market helped to form and intensify the Education Rush.
Subjects
the Education Rush
tuition system
human resource planning
price control
supply control
higher education policy
markets of higher education
SDGs
Type
thesis
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