kaspyTHE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture1818-510XАстраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева127The marginal rate of returns of investments in human capital and public policyThe marginal rate of returns of investments in human capital and public policyZakTatiana V.ZakTatiana V.zak@aspu.ruAstrakhan State UniversityAstrakhan State University2013297102https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2013/issue/2/article/127https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/2(35)/97-102.pdf

The article is devoted to the main trends of the rate of profitability of investment in higher education. The main directions of the use of the indexes of the rate of marginal profitability in forming public educational policy are identified by the author. The author justifies the statement that the direct focus of public structures on these indexes leads to the distortions of incentives of private investors, the substitution of private resources by public resources, inefficient using public and private investments

The article is devoted to the main trends of the rate of profitability of investment in higher education. The main directions of the use of the indexes of the rate of marginal profitability in forming public educational policy are identified by the author. The author justifies the statement that the direct focus of public structures on these indexes leads to the distortions of incentives of private investors, the substitution of private resources by public resources, inefficient using public and private investments

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