Higher Education In China Consumption Economic Analysis And International Comparison

In light of the importance of higher education consumption(HEC) in the social and economic development, and of the relative laggardness of the theoretical research and practice in this regard in our country, I select "economic analyse and international comparison of Chinese higher education consumption" as the subject of my master degree thesis. The purpose of this paper is to broaden the framework of the HEC research, analyse the current state of Chinese HEC development, the exsisting problems and their causes, and after consulting the experiences of the advanced countries in this respect, to put forward some advices and suggest some measures to boost the development of Chinese HEC. As to the analytical methods adopted in this paper, I combine value and positive analysis, quantitive and qualitive analysis, adopt the analytical tools from the consumption economics and some others from sociology, pedagogy, and educational economics.The theoretical bases of this paper are consisted of consumer behavioral theories, human capital theories, new economic growing theories, educational cost sharing theories.The argument pursue the following threads: the exploration of the rationale for HEC research; on the basis of redefmation of HEC as a commodity, explore the influencing factors for HEC; how to combine the theoretical and practical sides of HEC research.After consulting the status quo of HEC development abroad and at home, I analysed the exsisting problems and their causes in Chinese HEC development, and on the basis of which, I put forth six suggestions: explore new educational models to increase the supply of educational resources, meeting the ever rising demand; improve income distribution to increase consumption capabilities; Develop labor market to boost higher educational demand; Establish relieve systems to alleviate the financial burdens of the poorer students and their parents; Strengthen economic system reform and steer the consumer behavior to correct direction. Ensure the leading development of higher education consumption.Guoqiang Directed by:...