of workers' and entrepreneurs' groups and a continuum of steady states with inequality. Allowing for self-employment in …

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 …

the probability of entering higher education. Differences in ability(ies) and in parental human capital are much more …

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 …

probability of entering higher education. Differences in ability(ies) and in parental human capital are much more important. in …

schooling systems around the world. We measure this performance through pupils achievement in standardized tests. We merge all … primary education and 111 countries/areas in secondary education between 1965 and 2010 …

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 …

. When the externalities on education are very high relatively to the positive externalities on health, the indirect subsidy … policies subsidizing education. This legitimacy lies in the fact that education is a source of positive externalities. In a … education also requires to tax births. Indeed, education subsidies decrease the net cost of children such that parents can …

We estimate a system of three behavioral equations for Brazilian children and teenagers (school absenteeism, health … causality mechanisms between these three components (school absenteeism, health status and child labor) can occur either way, it …