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We survey a number of papers that have focused on the construction of cross-country data sets on average years of schooling. We discuss the construction of the different series, compare their profiles and construct indicators of their information content. The discussion focuses on a sample of...
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surveys the available evidence on the contribution of investment in human capital to aggregate productivity growth and on its …
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of low emissions compatible with sustainable levels of human welfare? With steady growth in human quality of life … of the first generation subject to achieving a given, constant rate of growth in all subsequent generations. Hence, our … paths entailing very low emissions in the future, positive rates of growth in QuoL are possible while the first generation …
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sizable effect on productivity growth. According to my estimates, moreover, the social returns to investment in human capital …
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equations, the results of crosscountry growth regressions and OECD data on educational expenditures, tax rates and social …
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that leads to the stabilization of concentrations at 450 ppm. (2) North and South converge to a path of sustained growth at … year while Souths rates of growth are markedly higher. The transition paths require a drastic reduction of the share of … education in South. Surprisingly, in order to sustain Norths utility growth rate, some output must be transferred from South to …
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We study a dynamic model where growth requires both long-term investment and the selection of talented managers. When …
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This paper is the first to use a randomized trial in the US to analyze the short- and long-term educational and employment impacts of an afterschool program that offered disadvantaged high-school youth: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards with the objective to improve...
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This paper is the first to use a randomized trial in the US to analyze the short- and long-term impacts of an afterschool program that offered disadvantaged high-school youth: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards to attend program activities, complete high-school and enroll in...
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The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, we develop the measurement theory of polarization for the case in which income distributions can be described using density functions. Second, we provide sample estimators of population polarization indices that can be used to compare polarization...
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