three questions (a) What is the source of knowledge flows? (b) To what extent do such flows contribute to productivity …

productivity growth. …

returns to education are not significantly reduced by this omission bias but there is evidence of substantial returns to the … children from low SES groups. The implications of these results for education are developed. Parental attitudes are much more …

wages and living standards, productivity and business, Europe, the NHS, schools, tuition fees, gender gaps, urban and …

We develop a theory of human capital investment to study the channels through which students react to school quality … when deciding on investments in secondary education and above, and to study how educational quality affects economic growth …. In a dynamic general equilibrium closed economy, primary education is mandatory but there is an opportunity to continue …

This paper analyses whether in developing countries mass education is more growth enhancing than to have a minority … well educated elite. Using the Indian census data as a benchmark and enrollment rates at different levels of education we … illiteracy stops at the primary level of education, it is not worthwhile for growth. Instead, the findings reveal a strong and …