There has been much debate over the appropriate level and form of government support for tertiary education, but comparatively little analysis of the merits of the underlying policies.  

Who Should Pay? looks at the issues at the centre of the debate relating to tuition fees and the financing of tertiary education in New Zealand.

Norman LaRocque is an economist at the Asian Development Bank and was formerly a policy advisor to the New Zealand Business Roundtable and the Education Forum.