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Cunningham, Wendy V. - 2004

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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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Harnessing Youth Potential in Ghana

World Bank - 2016

face, (ii) describes the institutional set up and strategy governing youth employment interventions in Ghana and what is … National Youth Authority (NYA) within Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations (MELR), and to the Ministry of Youth and … Sports (MYS), in charge of the policy making process on youth employment, as well as all their implementing partners within …

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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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Mauritania : Transforming the Jobs Trajectory for Vulnerable Youth

World Bank (contributor) - World Bank - 2017

Poverty reduction and youth employment remain deeply intertwined in Mauritania. Mauritania's job-related challenge is … overarching youth employment trends and gaps and offers recommendations for facilitating their entry into good, productive jobs …. The note analyzes policy options, risks, and opportunities for strengthening youth employment prospects over the short to …

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