The increase in female employment and participation rates is one of the most dramatic economic changes to have taken …. The main finding is that the rise in education levels accounts for about one-third of the increase in female employment …

We investigate the long term determinants of political and economic outcomes over a new data set composed of …-9), as well as the impact of voting registration on education outcomes at different points in time, namely in 1917 and in the …-2000 period. Our main conclusion is that race, rather than political institutions and education policies, is the main force …

-economy distortions. Contrary to the world experience, in which life expectancy dominated, education has driven progress in African human … economic mismanagement and political turmoil on growth, advances in human development since 1990 have depended almost … exclusively on education achievements. The large country variance of the recovery during the last decade suggests being cautious …

We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source … of exogenous variation in education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess the causal effect of education on … the number of biological kids and the incidence of childlessness. We find that more education causes a substantial …

performance is nonlinear. The evidence supports the idea that progressive education promotes social capital. …