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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Education as a Consumption Good: An Economic Analysis of Curriculum Choice

Abstract

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While the importance of individual motives in educational decision-making has been recognized as early as Schultz's study of economic values of education, few economists have given a systematic explanation of observed variations in student motives for college education.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Economics
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Toda, Masao

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8127717
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/67681

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Toda, Masao. Education as a Consumption Good: An Economic Analysis of Curriculum Choice. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/67681