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The Effect of Education on Criminal Convictions and Incarceration: Causal Evidence from Micro-data
Hjalmarsson, Randi; Holmlund, Helena; Lindquist, Matthew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper studies the causal effect of educational attainment on conviction and incarceration using Sweden's compulsory schooling reform as an instrument for years of schooling and a 25 percent random sample from Sweden's Multigenerational Register matched with more than 30 years of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367430
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China’s Foreign Trade: Perspectives From the Past 150 Years
Keller, Wolfgang; Li, Ben; Shiue, Carol Hua - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
This paper studies the trade of China in the past 150 years, starting from the first opening of China after the Opium … War. The main purpose of the paper is to identify what is (and was) China’s ‘normal’ level of foreign trade, and how these … levels changed under different trade regimes, from 1840 to the present. We present new evidence on China’s foreign trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784745
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Risk Aversion and Human Capital Investment: A Structural Econometric Model
Brodaty, Thomas; Gary-Bobo, Robert J.; Prieto, Ana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
We propose to model individual educational investments as a rational decision, maximizing expected utility, conditional on some characteristics observed by the student, under the combined risks affecting future wages and schooling duration. Assuming that students' attitudes toward risk can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123629
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Human Capital and Optimal Positive Taxation of Capital Income
Bovenberg, A Lans; Jacobs, Bas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
This paper analyzes optimal linear taxes on capital and labour incomes in a life-cycle model of human capital investment, financial savings, and labour supply with heterogenous individuals. A dual income tax with a positive marginal tax rate on not only labour income but also capital income is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123828
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Human Capital and the Future of Transition Economies
Spagat, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
Transition economies have an initial condition of high human capital relative to GDP per capita, giving them high growth potential. In the model, at a good equilibrium a large number of children of well-educated parents take advantage of their family backgrounds and invest substantially in their...
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Human Capital, Growth and Inequality in Transition Economies
Spagat, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
Transition economies have an initial condition of high human capital relative to living standards. I explore the possible implications of this key fact by surveying and adapting literature on growth and inequality. I focus especially on the long run and policy options.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136494
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Family Matters
Ermisch, John F; Francesconi, Marco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
The analysis uses a unique set of data matching mothers and their young adult children to study the impact of family background on young people’s educational attainments. The data is derived from the first five years (1991–5) of the British Household Panel Study. Mother’s education is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497967
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The Institutional Causes of China's Great Famine, 1959-61
Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy; Yared, Pierre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
This paper investigates the institutional causes of China's Great Famine. It presents two empirical findings: 1) in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642871
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China's Latent Human Capital Investment: Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top
Constant, Amelie; Meng, Jingzhou; Tien, Bienvenue; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
In this paper we provide an overview of China’s human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two … decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China’s notable … Chinese modern higher education system China has made tremendous strides in education both domestically and internationally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002385
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More Schooling, More Children: Compulsory Schooling Reforms and Fertility in Europe
Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324255