Full report research project education and human development : the case of Thailand

Abstract

The aim of this integrative study builds on the established theories of economic development and human capital development in order to review the relevant literatures, analyze the empirical evidence, and propose the integrated framework of education and income distribution. For the purpose of this study, it is posited that education expenditure are determined by multi-dimensional determinants. A number of theories are therefore incorporated regarding education and income distribution. This study recognizes and quantifies education expenditure by both types and stages of education according to the allocation of government budget and the rate of enrollment at each stage of educationas well as the measures of education quality such as test score. The results reveal that a numbers of previous studies have found the impact of education, both quantitatively and qualitatively, on economic development particularly on income distribution. This study addsto the literatures by proposing another framework that integrates several factors from several dimensions including the education expenditure, enrollment rate, and test scores along with some macroeconomic-related control variables.This integrated framework is based on the model of path analysis, which can be used for public policy analysis, particularly to analyze the direct and indirect impact of education policy and education outcome on income distribution