One theory for why there is a strong education gradient in health outcomes is that more educated individuals more … parents decreased significantly faster than that by less educated parents, turning a significant positive education gradient …

studies find that highly educated workers tend to adopt new technologies faster than those with less education. Such positive … correlations between the level of education and the rate of technology adoption, however, do not necessarily reflect the true … causal effect of education on technology adoption. Relying on data from the Workplace and Employee Survey, this study …

In this paper we estimate the effect of education on lifetime earnings in Europe, by distinguishing between individuals …. We instrument years of education using reforms of compulsory education in nine different countries, and find that … education. Our main result is that books at home at age ten have had long-lasting beneficial effects on the individuals who were …

earnings suggest that at lower levels of education, female labor force participation is driven by necessity rather than … by economic push factors and social status effects. Only at the highest education levels do we see evidence of pull …

This paper surveys the trends in gender gaps in education, their causes and potential policy implications. I show that … tertiary education students and graduates. Existing evidence suggests that this pattern is a result of a combination of … increasing returns to education and lower female effort costs of education. Widening gender gap in education combined with recent …

shocks to the primary household earner should have more negative consequences for child education – it is especially maternal … health are about 7 percentage points less likely to be enrolled in education at ages 15-24. These results are robust to …

The implications of human capital portability – including interactions between education, language skills and pre- and … appreciable direct impact on earnings, and to mediate the return to pre-immigration education but not labour market experience. …

progress. Maternal education and mental health, family income, and major adverse life events, are all significant in explaining …