technologies wind and solar across a panel of 21 OECD countries over the period 1978 to 2004. Spillovers may occur at the national … spillovers, especially those occurring at the national level. Wind and solar technologies exhibit distinct innovation … only influential in the case of wind technology. We also find evidence that public R&D stimulates innovation, particularly …

-9), as well as the impact of voting registration on education outcomes at different points in time, namely in 1917 and in the …-2000 period. Our main conclusion is that race, rather than political institutions and education policies, is the main force …

-economy distortions. Contrary to the world experience, in which life expectancy dominated, education has driven progress in African human … exclusively on education achievements. The large country variance of the recovery during the last decade suggests being cautious …

We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source … of exogenous variation in education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess the causal effect of education on … the number of biological kids and the incidence of childlessness. We find that more education causes a substantial …

performance is nonlinear. The evidence supports the idea that progressive education promotes social capital. …

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … we consider the entire history of behaviors. We use an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of education and … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education …

initial racial gap in education and that slavery affects growth indirectly through this channel. …

. The education gender gap was eliminated and married women's LFP averaged 70% over the same ages. In order to evaluate the … LFP. To eliminate the education gender gap requires, on the other hand, for the psychic cost of obtaining higher education …