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Endogenous persistent inequality
Fall, Falilou - HAL - 2005
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that inherited humain capital is a powerful vector of inequality formation and persistence, irrespective of its links with financial wealth endowment. This paper argues that the agents who inherit a low level of human capital bear a greater utility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750358
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Education and the Political Economy of Environmental Protection
Raffin, Natacha - HAL - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010603680
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Can Risk Aversion Explain Schooling Attainments?: evidence from Italy
Belzil, Christian; Leonardi, Marco - HAL - 2007
the probability of entering higher education. Differences in ability(ies) and in parental human capital are much more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008790910
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Diversity of human capital attributes and diversity of remunerations
Suleman, Fatima; Paul, Jean-Jacques - HAL - 2007
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008792416
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Can Risk Aversion Explain Schooling Attainments? Evidence From Italy
Belzil, Christian; Leonardi, Marco - HAL - 2006
probability of entering higher education. Differences in ability(ies) and in parental human capital are much more important. in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008793102
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A new International Database on Education Quality: 1965-2010
Altinok, Nadir; Diebolt, Claude; Meulemeester, Jean-Luc De - HAL - 2012
primary education and 111 countries/areas in secondary education between 1965 and 2010 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899182
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Education, Intergenerational Mobility and Inequality
Chusseau, Nathalie; Hellier, Joël; Ben-Halima, Bassem - HAL - 2012
We review the economic literature on the impacts of the several dimensions of education upon intergenerational … 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899579
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What should an unmanaged earnings distribution look like?
Vidal, Olivier - HAL - 2010
In asserting that the number of firms reporting small profits is abnormally high, thus suggesting that earnings management has taken place, accounting researchers assume that the distribution of reported earnings should be smooth for unmanaged earnings. This has never in fact been demonstrated....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820781
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WHAT SHOULD AN UNMANAGED EARNINGS DISTRIBUTION LOOK LIKE?
Vidal, Olivier - HAL - 2010
In asserting that the number of firms reporting small profits is abnormally high, thus suggesting that earnings management has taken place, accounting researchers assume that the distribution of reported earnings should be smooth for unmanaged earnings. This has never in fact been demonstrated....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025288
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WHAT SHOULD AN UNMANAGED EARNINGS DISTRIBUTION LOOK LIKE?
Vidal, Olivier - HAL - 2010
In asserting that the number of firms reporting small profits is abnormally high, thus suggesting that earnings management has taken place, accounting researchers assume that the distribution of reported earnings should be smooth for unmanaged earnings. This has never in fact been demonstrated....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899143