Open AccessEconomisation of the Education System in Shrinking Regions? The Demographic Responsiveness of Education Demand and Supply at Different Levels of the Education System
Author(s) -
Walter Bartl
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
comparative population studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1869-8999
pISSN - 1869-8980
DOI - 10.12765/cpos-2013-19
Subject(s) - demographic change , german , demographic economics , perspective (graphical) , resizing , supply and demand , corporate governance , population , cohort , german reunification , economic growth , economics , geography , development economics , business , demography , economic policy , sociology , medicine , finance , macroeconomics , archaeology , european union , artificial intelligence , computer science
Will foreseeable demographic change lead to savings in the education sector? This question is investigated in a retrospective perspective based on data from Saxony-Anhalt, the German state with the largest population decline since reunification. Results show that we can observe economisation strategies in the face of lower cohort sizes in most subsectors of the education system. These strategies are, however, not always (directly) attributable to demographic decline. Moreover, there is considerable variation in the demographic responsiveness of education demand and supply. Important intervening factors in this respect are several dimensions of educational governance and the economic conditions in a given region.