论教育产业的产品或服务的性质及教育产业政策

On the Nature of Products or Service of Educational Industry and Our Policy

教育产业最主要的职能是向社会提供培育人才的服务。教育具有正的外部性：劳动者素质通过受教育而提高，会提高全社会的劳动生产率，成为现代经济增长的源泉。我国教育产业的产品或服务性质是多元的，既存在着作为公共产品、准公共产品性质的教育产品或服务，也存在着具有明显私人产品特征的教育产品或眼务。应针对我国教育产业现状，制定相应的教育产业政策。

The main function of educational industry is to provide the service of training talented persons for society. Education has positive external effects. Labors' quality can be improved by education , so social productivity can be improved correspondingly , This is the source of modern economic growth . The nature of products or service of educational industry is pluralistic in China , some are public goods and quasi-public goods the others are private goods . We should formulate a policy in accordance with the situation of educational industry.