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Intergenerational return to human capital : better educated parents invest more time and money in their children, who are more successful in the labor market

Devereux, Paul J. - 2019

essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment … outcomes of their children. Interventions that encourage the educational attainment of children from poorer families will …

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Family structure and children's educational attainment in transition economies : access to education has been hampered by economic and family shocks in south-east Europe and countr...

Mangiavacchi, Lucia - 2016

began, but a lack of resources and policies to protect poor families hampered children’s access to education, especially for … non-compulsory school grades. Different phenomena associated with transition also negatively affected children’s education … focus on education and for monitoring of the schooling progress of children in special family circumstances. …

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Do social interactions in the classroom improve academic attainment? : Student sorting into classes complicates policies that utilize peer effects to optimize educational outcomes

Telhaj, Shqiponja - 2018

education, one essential aspect is that “good” peers can potentially improve students’ academic achievement, career choices, or …

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How do adult returns to schooling affect children's enrollment? : raising future expected monetary gains to schooling and poor families' current incomes promotes school enrollment...

Swinnerton, Kenneth A. - 2016

predicted to induce increased school enrollment for children whose families wish to optimally invest in their children’s future … under-enroll their children. …

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Early-life medical care and human capital accumulatio : medical care and public health interventions in early childhood may improve human capital accumulation as well as child heal...

Daysal, N. Meltem; Hirani, Jonas Cuzulan - 2021

Ample empirical evidence links adverse conditions during early childhood (the period from conception to age five) to worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests...

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Skill mismatch and overeducation in transition economies : substantial skill shortages coexist with overeducation, affecting both young and old workers

Kupets, Olga - 2015

Large imbalances between the supply and demand for skills in transition economies are driven by rapid economic restructuring, misalignment of the education system with labor market needs, and underdeveloped adult education and training systems. The costs of mismatches can be large and...

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For long-term economic development, only skills matter : Economic growth determines a nation’s long-term economic well-being and crucially depends on skills

Hanushek, Eric Alan - 2017

Politicians typically focus on short-term economic issues; but, a nation’s long-term economic well-being is directly linked to its rate of economic growth. In turn, its growth rate is directly linked to the economically relevant skills of its population. Until recently, however, economists...

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Do higher levels of education and skills in an area benefit wider society? : education benefits individuals, but the societal benefits are likely even greater

Winters, John V. - 2018

Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may exceed individual benefits. Research finds that increased average education levels in an area are correlated with higher earnings, even for locals with relatively little...

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Immigrants in the classroom and effects on native children : having immigrant children in the classroom may sometimes, but not always, harm educational outcomes of native children

Jensen, Peter - 2021

Many countries are experiencing increasing inflows of immigrant students. This raises concerns that having a large … share of students for whom the host country language is not their first language may have detrimental effects on the … educational outcomes of native children. However, the evidence is mixed, with some studies finding negative effects, and others …

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Can higher education reduce inequality in developing countries? : expanding higher education might solve rising youth unemployment and widening inequality in Africa

Shimeles, Abebe - 2016

Developing countries often face two well-known structural problems: high youth unemployment and high inequality. In recent decades, policymakers have increased the share of government spending on education in developing countries to address both of these issues. The empirical literature offers...

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