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Babcock, Philip; Bedard, Kelly; Schulte, Jennifer - In: Journal of Urban Economics 71 (2012) 3, pp. 347-354

Much of the debate over the allocation of education resources focuses on the alleged benefits of smallness—of classroom …

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Family economics writ large

Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - 2016

significant decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv) a higher degree of positive assortative mating; (v) more children …

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Social Security and Demographic Trends: Theory and Evidence from the International Experience

Ehrlich, Isaac; Kim, Jinyoung - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 10 (2007) 1, pp. 55-77

The worldwide problem with pay-as-you-go, defined-benefits social security systems isn't just financial. Through a dynamic, overlapping-generations model where forming a family and bearing and educating children are choice variables, we show that social security taxes and benefits generate...

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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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Decomposing the relationship between human capital and GDP:an empirical analysis of Bangladesh

Ahmad, Nazneen; French, Joseph J. - In: Journal of Developing Areas 44 (2011) 2, pp. 127-142

higher secondary education are found to have the greatest short to medium-term impact on the country's real GDP. Consistently … that secondary and higher secondary education should be emphasized by Bangladesh. …

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Education, Sectoral Composition and Growth

Kaboski, Joseph K. - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 12 (2009) 1, pp. 168-182

with less unexplained growth. The theory distinguishes between three different sources of education gains: (1) supply …

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The impact of household possessions on youth's academic achievement in the Ghana Youthsave experiment: A propensity score analysis

Chowa, Gina A.N.; Masa, Rainier D.; Wretman, Christopher J. - In: Economics of Education Review 33 (2013) C, pp. 69-81

Household assets as part of youth's family background have been found to have a significant impact on youth's academic achievement. In this study, the impact of household possessions on youth's academic achievement in the Ghana YouthSave experiment is investigated. Findings support the...

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Cognitive skills, innovation and technology diffusion

Messinis, George; Ahmed, Abdullahi D. - In: Economic Modelling 30 (2013) C, pp. 565-578

This article presents new international estimates of human capital for the period 1970–2003. The new latent index is used to re-examine the Benhabib and Spiegel (2005) model of technology diffusion in a horse-race with the competing indicators of Barro and Lee (2010) and Hanushek and Wößmann...

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Public spending in education and student's performance in Colombia

Heras Recuero, Laura; Olaberría, Eduardo - 2018

This paper investigates if higher public spending in education and better teacher qualifications are related to student … investment in public education and higher teacher qualifications can help increase average performance and reduce the impact that … variation in education performance in Colombia, a relatively high percentage when compared to those found by other studies …

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