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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...
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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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probability of entering higher education. Differences in ability(ies) and in parental human capital are much more important. in …
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primary education and 111 countries/areas in secondary education between 1965 and 2010 …
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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 …
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determined by education and pollution. The government can implement a tax on pollution and recycle the revenue in public … pollution abatement and/or education subsidy (influencing green behaviors). When agent's preferences for the environment are … the tax revenue is well allocated between education and direct environmental protection. …
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This paper analyzes the relationships between HIV/AIDS and education taking into account the appropriative nature of …
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mobility and increases the average education level in the population. We also show that a planner that encourages social …
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