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return to a patrimonial society, corporations become political actors; occupational status and education's relevance are …
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between skilled labor and unskilled labor wages. The question we ask is how the growth process shapes the wage inequality and … inequality. First, we prove the existence of equilibrium paths. Then we show that there exists a continuum of steady … of income inequality between skilled and unskilled workers and income in-equality among the skilled workers. The former …
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level since 1870. Inequality in years of schooling is found to be rapidly decreasing, but we show that this result is … completely driven by the decline in illiteracy. Then, we turn to inequality in human capital and focus on a Mincerian production … capital inequality has increased since 1870, but does not exceed 10% of world income inequality. Next, we analyse the …
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corruption and education are interrelated and that both crucially depend on a country's endowment of natural resources. The key … these investments, output levels and growth. In this context, inequality plays a key role both as a determinant of the …
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The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that inherited humain capital is a powerful vector of inequality formation … of workers' and entrepreneurs' groups and a continuum of steady states with inequality. Allowing for self-employment in … the model generates the possibility of equality at equilibrium in addition to the inequality equilibrium with the …
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primary education and 111 countries/areas in secondary education between 1965 and 2010 …
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inequality persistency. It is firstly outlined that the critical increase in the population education level in all countries has … not come with lower inequality. The basic tools of education and intergenerational mobility modelling are subsequently …We review the economic literature on the impacts of the several dimensions of education upon intergenerational …
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educational choices. Individuals decide whether to invest in additional education according to their expectations regarding future …. Then, we analyse the long-term implications of a public policy that would favour education and make it possible to select …
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the probability of entering higher education. Differences in ability(ies) and in parental human capital are much more …
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The purpose is to provide some empirical evidence for promoting new insights into the economics of education … impact on fixed earnings and flexible pay of the traditional human capital theory variables (education and experience) on the …
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