Showing 71 - 80 of 102
different productivities or skills, are employed by firms offering wages that depend both on the agents’ individual skill level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408328
In this paper we explore the issues of human capita in Kosova, a country which is characterised by high unemployment and large-scale emigration. Using data from the Riinvest Labour Force and Household Survey (December 2002), we estimate the probability of being unemployed for those who are of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408345
Two alternative models of parental investments in children's human capital are considered and tested empirically using the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS). The pure loan model and the reciprocity with two-sided altruism model yield different predictions about the effect of children's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408378
This paper aims at estimating the effect on achievement of various types of schools: private, private but government-dependent and public ones. It is based on the analysis of Math, Science and Reading test scores of 15 year-olds students surveyed in 2002 across OECD and non-OECD countries. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408433
This chapter analyzes the effects of an aging population on individual skill choices and the production structure by means of a dynamic general equilibrium model with overlapping generations and probabilistic aging. The model allows for capital-skill complementarity, which strongly affects the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408449
In a number of works on education of women, it has been asserted that educating a woman is equal to educating a family … and that women are worth training more than their counterparts, men. However, despite the fact that positive contribution … of women’s education to the economy and society has been long known, education of women in many nations, particularly in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412582
Kadýn eðitimiyle ilgili bir çok çalýþmada, bir kadýný eðitmenin, bir aileyi eðitmekle eþdeðer olduðu ve bir erkeði eðitmeye göre daha önemli olduðu vurgulanmaktadýr. Kadýn eðitiminin ekonomiye ve topluma olumlu katkýlarý bilinmesine raðmen özellikle geliþmekte olan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412651
This paper explores the consequences of skill biased technological progress on the savings rates. The literature, both theoretical and empirical, on the causes and consequences of skill biased technological progress in the past few years has burgeoned considerably. So has the literature on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412682
The paper analyzes the convergence dynamics of a log-linearized open- economy neoclassical growth model under the assumptions of large adjustment costs for human capital investment, moderate adjustment costs for physical capital investment, and perfect capital mobility. The model can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412690
Luego de examinar el marco teórico y conceptual de la teoría del crecimiento y del comercio internacional, se mide la eficacia de la apertura comercial impulsada por el TLCAN para fomentar el intercambio comercial. Asimismo, se evalúan los efectos de éste en el crecimiento económico de los...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413001