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1、中文2965字本科毕业论文（设计）外文翻译原文：AnAnalysisoftheRisingCostofEducationinAustralia(extract)AbstractHumancapital,orabettereducatedlabourforce,isamajordeterminantofeconomicgrowthandproductivity.However,recenttrendsinthecostofeducationinAustraliamaycausegrowthandproductivit
2、ytosuffer.Forexample,duringtheperiod1982-2003inflationroseonaverageby4.4percentperannum,whereasthecostofeducationgrewoverallonaverageby7.8percent.ThishasmadeeducationarelativelyexpensiveitemamongAustralianhouseholds.Thispapercomparesandcontraststhecostofeducat
3、ioninAustraliaandcomparableeconomieswiththecostofothergoodsandservicesembeddedintheCPI(ConsumerPriceIndex)basketusingthelatestavailablequarterlydata.Finally,themajordeterminantsoftherisingcostofeducationinAustraliaareexamined.Itisfound,interalia,thatovertheper
4、iod1986-2003theincreasingnumberofstudentsenrolledatnon-governmentalprimaryandsecondaryschoolsandtheintroductionoftheHigherEducationContributionScheme(HECS)weremajorinfluencesontherisingcostofeducation,explainingsome98percentofvariationinthecostofeducationinAus
5、traliaovertime.1.IntroductionThereisaconsensusamongeconomiststhathumancapitalplaysasubstantialroleinachievinghighereconomicgrowthandincreasedlabourproductivity.Newgrowththeoriesidentifythechannelsthroughwhicheconomicgrowthoccursandhowreformprocessescanstimulat
6、etherateofinvestmentinphysicalcapital,humancapital,technologicalknow-howandknowledgecapital.Togetherthesefactorsexertasustainedandpositiveeffectonthelong-rungrowthoftheeconomy(Rebelo,1991).Forinstance,intheirseminalworkBarro(1991)andBarroandLee(1994)echoedthei
7、mportanceofhumancapital(orabettereducatedlabourforce)asamajordeterminantofeconomicgrowthandproductivity.Morerecently,Valadkhani(2003)found,interalia,thatlong-termpoliciesaimedatacceleratingthevarioustypesofinvestmentinhumancapitalwillalsoimprovelabourproductiv
8、ity.Ashigherproductivitytranslatesdirectlyintohigherpercapitaincome,Australians,asawhole,benefitfromhigherstandardsofhealthcare,educationandpublicwelfare.Veryrecently,Chou(2003,p39
