and the agricultural sector, education has increased the productivity of labor in industrial production more than in … industrialists have had a direct economic incentive to support education policies that would foster human capital formation … masses of education. The adverse effect of the implementation of public education on landowners' income from agricultural …

Sjaastad (1962) viewed migration in the same way as education: as an investment in the human agent . Migration and … education are decisions that are indeed intertwined in many dimensions. Education and skill acquisition play an important role … the educational attainment of their children. But migration and education are not only related for those who migrate or …

A growing body of work suggests that education offers a wide range of benefits that extend beyond increases in labor … market productivity. Improvements in education can lower crime, improve health, and increase voting and democratic … participation. This chapter reviews recent developments on these “nonproduction” benefits of education. …