This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …, it shows that the comparative advantage of females in skill is reflected in their greater investment in education and in …

for all individuals of the same age and level of education, so it ignores labor market intermittency because of childbirth … and child-rearing - a critical omission when analyzing gender differences in earnings. This paper constructs a better … can be generated using commonly available data on labor force participation rates by age and gender to gauge the …

include strong cognitive skills, basic information and communication technology, and analytical skills, as well as a range of … also crucial. All these changes lead to a major rethinking of education and skill training throughout a person’s life. This … from these studies particularly in labor economics can shed light on new directions for lifelong education policies. …

in health and education - including technical and vocational education and training - are essential to engineer a …, with an emphasis on health and education in the context of employment growth and an employment-enabling environment. While …

This paper surveys the empirical and theoretical link between education and growth in the growth process of Asian … countries. Particular attention is paid to the link between education and productivity, and to models that characterize key … into poverty traps, focusing more on technology adoption rather than creation, technology-skill mismatch, and technology …

This paper presents a theoretical model to analyze the effects of technology change on growth rates of income and human … capital in the uncertain environments of technology. The uncertainty comes from two sources; the possibility of a technology …

education, including financial literacy education, better monitoring of farm labor hours of school-age children, and targeted … investment to improve the quality of education services in the Kyrgyz Republic. …

This paper introduces a model of gender inequality and economic growth that focuses on the determination of women …'s time allocation among market production, home production, child rearing, and child education. The theoretical model is … economies, and numerous policy experiments are conducted to investigate how various aspects of gender inequality are related to …