The paper studies the optimal education policy of a budget-constrained utilitarian government. Households differ in … information. Households can choose to use private education, but cannot borrow to finance it. The results we obtain are striking …. The optimal education policy is elitist: it increases the spread between the education achievement of the bright and the …

inequality in education and income more persistent across generations. Whether the same is true of inequality in total wealth …, which provides an integrated framework for analysing the local determinants of inequality and growth. Five main conclusions … emerge. First, minor differences in education technologies, preferences, or wealth, can lead to a high degree of …

officials' handling of a large education grant program. Combining survey and administrative data, we show that the campaign was …

Increased education affects market and non-market outcomes. This paper investigates the causal impact of the extension … of compulsory education from 6 to 9 years on females' education, marriage, and fertility outcomes in Thailand. Using data …

surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. This paper estimates causal effects of additional education on … combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences …

This paper investigates whether individual decisions lead to equality of opportunity in education, defined in the …

This paper examines how economic stratification affects inequality and growth over time. It studies economies where … particular when comparing local and national funding of education, which correspond to special cases of segregation and …

This paper surveys major empirical regularities concerning changes in earnings inequality in Europe and the US over the … possible rationale for recent inequality developments. …