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The Health Returns to Education: What Can We Learn from Twins?
Lundborg, Petter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins. I adopt a twin … both education and health. I further investigate to what extent within-twin-pair differences in schooling correlates with … education on health. Higher educational levels are found to be positively related to self-reported health but negatively related …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822853
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Measurement Error in Education and Growth Regressions
Portela, Miguel; Alessie, Rob; Teulings, Coen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement … education level between census data and observations constructed from enrolment data. We discuss a methodology for correcting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822889
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Rates of Return to Degrees across British Regions
O'Leary, Nigel C.; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
classification and higher education institution. In this paper we examine heterogeneity of returns across British regions using the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822928
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Determinants of Inter-Country Internet Diffusion Rates
Wunnava, Phanindra V.; Leiter, Daniel B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper employs cross-sectional data from 100 countries to analyze the main determinants of inter-country Internet diffusion rates. We set up an empirical model based on strong theoretical foundations, in which we regress Internet usage on variables that capture social, economic and political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822942
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Unscheduled School Closings and Student Performance
Marcotte, Dave E.; Hemelt, Steven W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Do students perform better on statewide assessments in years in which they have more school days to prepare? We explore this question using data on math and reading assessments taken by students in the 3rd, 5th and 8th grades since 1994 in Maryland. Our identification strategy is rooted in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822951
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Labor Market Discrimination and Racial Differences in Premarket Factors
Carneiro, Pedro; Heckman, James J.; Masterov, Dimitriy V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
. Adjusting the scores for racial/ethnic differences in education at the time the test is taken reduces their role in accounting … for the wage gaps. We also consider evidence on parental and child expectations about education and on stereotype …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822963
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Intergenerational Earnings Mobility in Japan among Sons and Daughters: Levels and Trends
Lefranc, Arnaud; Ojima, Fumiaki; Yoshida, Takashi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
basis of a rich set of variables including education, occupation and job characteristics and we discuss changes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598554
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Poverty Dynamics in Rural Sindh, Pakistan
Lohano, Hari Ram - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper focuses on poverty dynamics and their determinants, using panel survey data for rural Sindh, Pakistan. Households interviewed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) during 1986–91, were resurveyed in 2004–05 with minimal attrition.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512466
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Literacy Traps: Society-wide Education and Individual Skill Premia
Basu, Kaushik; Atal, Vidya; Gray, John; Lee, Travis - eSocialSciences - 2009
Using a model of O-ring production function, the paper demonstrates how certain communities can get caught in a low-literacy trap in which each individual finds it not worthwhile investing in higher skills because others are not high-skilled. The model sheds light on educational policy. It is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512470
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Productivity of Pesticides in Vegetable Farming in Nepal
Jha, Ratna Kumar; Regmi, Adhrit Prasad - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper examines the effectiveness of damage control mechanisms to reduce crop losses from agricultural pests. It uses data from a sample of Cole crop (Cauliflower and Cabbage) growing households in the Bhaktapur district of Nepal to study the impact of pesticides on agriculture production.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512477