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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. - 2015

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 education. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates …

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What determines adult cognitive skills? : influences of pre-school, school, and post-school experiences in Guatemala

Behrman, Jere R.; Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John A.; … - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 23 (2014), pp. 1-32

Most empirical investigations of the effects of cognitive skills assume that they are produced by schooling. Drawing on longitudinal data to estimate production functions for adult verbal and nonverbal cognitive skills, we find that: (1) School attainment has a significant and substantial effect...

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Chapter 4. Peer Effects in Education: How Might They Work, How Big Are They and How Much Do We Know Thus Far?

Sacerdote, Bruce - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 3, (pp. 249-277). 2011

This chapter summarizes the recent literature on peer effects in student outcomes at the elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels. Linear-in-means models find modest sized and statistically significant peer effects in test scores. But the linear-in-means model masks considerable...

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Intermarriage and the economic success of immigrants : who is the driving factor - the native spouses or the immigrants themselves?

Nottmeyer, Olga - 2015

its byproduct, as better education and personal characteristics could be both economically beneficial and increase the …

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Charitable giving in married couples : untangling the effects of education and income on spouses' giving

Mesch, Debra J.; Osili, Una Okonkwo; Dale, Elizabeth J.; … - In: Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly : journal of … 51 (2022) 2, pp. 444-458

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Female education, marital assortative mating, and dowry : theory and evidence from districts of India

Goel, Prarthna Agarwal; Barua, Rashmi - In: Journal of demographic economics : JODE 89 (2023) 2, pp. 183-209

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What explains the growing gender education gap? : the effects of parental background, the labor market and the marriage market on college attainment

Eḳshṭain, Tsevi; Keane, Michael P.; Lifshitz, Osnat - 2023

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Child marriage, education, and agency in Uganda

Wodon, Quentin; Nguyen, Minh Cong; Tsimpo, Clarence - In: Feminist economics 22 (2016) 1, pp. 54-79

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How the other half lived : marriage and emancipation in the age of the Pill

Edlund, Lena; Machado, Cecilia - In: European economic review : EER 80 (2015), pp. 295-309

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On the measurement of non-random mating and of its change over time

Silber, Jacques; Sasiwimon Warunsiri Paweenawat; Lusi Liao - In: Review of Economics of the Household 20 (2022) 1, pp. 161-198

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