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externalities (social returns to education) there exists a range of microloan amounts that are growth depressing and welfare … divert investment away from human capital: by failing to internalize the social returns to education, households …
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economic success goes both ways. Using data on the study of foreign languages during compulsory education in European countries …
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This paper tests whether and how two education policies: (i) increasing the length of compulsory education and (ii … construct a novel data base that includes information on education reforms for thirty-one countries spanning four decades … education reduces the number of emigrants by almost 10%. Increasing the length of compulsory education shifts educational …
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Are bans effective at lowering child labor and increasing school attendance and, if so, do these effects lead to positive outcomes later in life? This paper seeks to answer these questions by examining the effect of a 1998 Brazilian law that increased the minimum employment age from 14 to 16. To...
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