Japan: $12.3 million
United States: $7.5 million
Hong Kong: $2.2 million
South Korea: $1.1 million
Mexico City: $365,000
UK: 16.3% . . .
Brazil: 22.7% . . .
Bolivia: 42.5% . . .
Indonesia: 50.6% . . .
Albania: 69.2% . . . 
Netherlands: $36 . . .
Spain: $26 . . . 
Serbia: $119 . . .
Turkey: $220 . . .
Australia: $241 . . .
Germany: $266 . . .
Portugal: $320 . . .
Greece: $718 . . . 
France:1.5% ($333) . . .
Luxembourg: 2.4% ($820) . . .
Russia: 3.5% ($280) . . .
Tag: Education
Has educastion lost its punch?
Paul Krugman suggests we can no longer count on education to increase workers’ prosperity.
The Price of Everything in college
Joshua Kim from Dartmouth College recommends The Price of Everything for a College introductory economics course, “something to give some life to the textbooks and the supply and demand curves.” He adds, however, “The Price of Everything should be read … Continue reading
The price of development
I was interviewed on Poptech about the price of education in India, fertilizer in Kenya and human life in Zimbabwe.
The value of education
My colleague David Leonhardt at Economix analyzes new government data on pay trends for 2010. It was a pretty bad year for everybody. But the statistics underscore that an education remains as valuable as ever: the pay gap between college … Continue reading
The price of good teachers
Parents, principals, education experts all seem to agree that teacher quality is the single most important determinant of a child’s education, considerably more important than class size. The Obama administration has taken this to heart, pushing to incorporate merit pay … Continue reading
THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING
EDUARDO PORTER
