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Transportation And Public Service Costs For Rural Communities Of Various Sizes, Thomas L. Williams
Transportation And Public Service Costs For Rural Communities Of Various Sizes, Thomas L. Williams
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Lower real incomes in the agricultural sector compared with other sectors of the economy have led to continued migration of rural people to urban areas. Despite this movement of surplus people from farm areas, incomes in the rural sector have failed to keep pace with those in urban areas. Fewer social amenities and other conveniences have also contributed to rural-urban migration.
This reduction in rural population and the consequent reduction in the economic bases of many rural communities has raised some interesting questions about city and rural government consolidation. What sizes of cities should be encouraged in the rural areas, …
The Supply Of Public School Teachers In The United States: A Study In Human Capital Theory, Andrew W. Bacdayan
The Supply Of Public School Teachers In The United States: A Study In Human Capital Theory, Andrew W. Bacdayan
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study uses the principles of human capital theory to develop and test a theory of a supply of a class of educated manpower services with special reference to school teachers.
In the theory formulation, the determinants of the existing stock of teacher education capital are first identified. These are: (a) the price per man-year of teaching service, WTS, (b) the rate of interest, r, (c) the price of the human capital already embodied in the individual working for a college degree in teacher education, WCS, and (d) private costs of education such as foregone earnings and tuition fees, FERTN. …