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There is widely accepted concept in economic theory that human capital plays positive role in determining national income. Formation or accumulation of human capital and economic development for human welfare are the major targets of economic policy of each country. This study investigates the...
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Gender disparities in education raise many questions for governments and civil societies. There are many factors that … contribute to the gender gap in education. In Eritrea, gender disparities persist in the enrolment rates between boys and girls … educational development in the country. It identifies and analyses various factors that cause gender inequality in education …
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poverty in Pakistan. The study decomposes education of the household into different levels: primary, middle, matriculation … declines as education level increases. The role of remittances appeared significant in reducing probability of being poor and …
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relations with supervisors and satisfaction with relations with coworkers. Also the connection of gender and level of education …
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capital. The high degree of development of education and science is considered one of the few highly valued achievements of … the socialist economy. Discussions focused on policies to stimulate economic growth indicate that the proper education of …
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This paper considers a setting in which the acquisition of human capital entails a change of location in social space that causes individuals to revise their comparison groups. Skill levels are viewed as occupational groups, and moving up the skill ladder by acquiring additional human capital,...
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For nearly four decades now, the conventional wisdom has been that the migration of human capital (skilled workers) from a developing country to a developed country is detrimental to the developing country. However, this perception need not hold. A well designed migration policy can result in a...
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results in the 60s, but had been ineffective in sustaining better education in the long run. As a result, the start of …, about 60% of the population in Bulgaria was with primary or lower-level of education). We assume that lack of economic … incentives at individual level had determined weak pursuit of better education. …
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One considers a model of accumulation of the human capital in the presence of the international migration offers. One shows that under certain conditions,this option can support the increase in the stock of the national human capital by taking of account the externalities. Thus the `brain drain'...
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This paper examines the impact of labor market frictions and institutions on the divide of schooling investment between general and specific skills. We offer a simple matching model of unemployment in which individuals determine the scope and intensity of their skills. In partial equilibrium, we...
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