Is China up to the Test? A review of theories and priorities for education investment for a modern China

Glazebrook, Kate; Song, Ligang

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Is China up to the Test? A review of theories and priorities for education investment for a modern China

Date

2013

Authors

Glazebrook, Kate

Song, Ligang

Publisher

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Abstract

This paper reviews the key theories relating to the role of education in economic development and social change and how education, as a critical component of total factor productivity, contributes to sustained economic growth. It examines how China's educ