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Fiscal Policy and Educational Attainment in the United States - A Generational Accounting Perspective

Chojnicki, Xavier; Docquier, Frederic - EconWPA - 2003

In this paper, we investigate the consequences of the rise in educational attainment on the US generational accounts. We build on the 1995 accounts of Gokhale and al. (1999) and disaggregate them per schooling level. We show that low skill newborns are characterized by a negative generational...

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Within-the-family education and its impact on equality

Nordblom, Katarina - EconWPA - 2001

This is a theoretical study of human-capital formation, where parental, as well as public investments are essential. Policy influence rich and poor parents differently when they make educational decisions. Rich parents allocate resources efficiently between physical bequests and educational...

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Many Types of Human Capital and Many Roles in U.S. Growth: Evidence from County-Level Educational Attainment Data

Young, Andrew; Levy, Daniel; Higgins, Matthew - EconWPA - 2004

We utilize county-level data to explore the roles of different types of human capital accumulation in U.S. growth determination. The data includes over 3,000 cross-sectional observations and 39 demographic control variables. The large number of observations provides enough degrees of freedom to...

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MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT OF HAPPINESS : A PRIORITY IN SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Dr.VSR.Subramaniam - EconWPA - 2005

If bigger objects go into a jar, then there will be space to fill it with smaller objects in sequence. If the order of the objects are reversed, then it ends in filling it at the starting point. Happiness in life is similar to this. Fill high priority needs in the life, and smaller needs can be...

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The Role of Endogenous Skill Choice in an Aging Economy

Jaag, Christian - EconWPA - 2005

- by the capital- skill complementarity - also employment of high skilled labor. The mobilization of highly productive …

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Candidate Quality

Poutvaara, Panu; Takalo, Tuomas - EconWPA - 2004

We analyze the topical question of how the compensation of elected politicians affects the set of citizens choosing to run. To this end, we develop a sparse and tractable citizen-candidate model of representative democracy with ability differences, informative campaigning and political parties....

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Bangladesh Skills for Tomorrow's Jobs : Preparing Youth for a Fast-Changing Economy

World Bank (contributor) - World Bank - 2018

The skills for tomorrow's Jobs in Bangladesh attempts to address key skills challenges and identifyopportunities in the backdrop of fast technological and economic changes. It proposes mid to long-term strategic policy options that would contribute to economic growth and job creation in...

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Liberia Skills Development Constraints for Youth in the Informal Sector

World Bank - 2016

.Youth recognize that their lack of skills and experience are impediments to employment.The objective of this report is to assess youth … formal employment, this report has a particular focus on skill development in vocational trades and the informal sector. This … World Bank's Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) 2013-2017. Both recognize that inadequate skills and vulnerable employment …

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Social Networks in Determining Employment and Wages: Patterns, Dynamics, and Inequality

Calvo-Armengol, Antoni; Jackson, Matthew O. - EconWPA - 2002

social contacts. We show that an improvement in the employment status of either an agent's direct or indirect contacts leads … to an increase in the agent's employment probability and expected wages, in the sense of first order stochastic dominance … show that employment is positively correlated across time and agents, and the same is true for wages. Moreover …

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Review of TCF Assistance

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

The Commission was asked to evaluate current assistance arrangements to the TCF industries and provide policy options for post 2005 assistance and to report on a range of related matters that will affect the sector's long-term viability. The inquiry will also look at relevant workplace issues...

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