, we observe interesting patterns in the skill composition, employment opportunities and wages for migrants to the …

This study replicates and challenges the finding of zero wage returns to compulsory schooling in Germany by Pischke and … details. These findings render the conclusion that compulsory schooling in Germany yields no wage returns at a minimum …

little research linking better education to state incomes. In a complement to international studies of income differences, we …

The trade-off between child quantity and education is a crucial ingredient of unified growth models that explain the … instrumental-variable models that instrument education by landownership inequality and distance to Wittenberg and fertility by … previous-generation fertility and sex-imbalance ratio, we find that causation between fertility and education runs both ways …

affect child schooling by focusing on young school-age children who are otherwise not active in the labor market. Using micro … percentage points higher schooling probability for children between the ages of 7 and 10. This result explains approximately 26 … percent of the improvement in schooling for this age group between the years 1988 and 2000. …

There is limited existing evidence justifying the economic case for state education policy. Using newly …

schooling investment into the next generation, is observable but the draw of nature in terms of ability is hidden, stochastic …

sort out of public education and into private schooling. The IRCA differentially increases Hispanic school board members …, to study the impact of immigrant legalization on schooling outcomes. Although undocumented migrants are entitled to … public education, I find significant post-legalization increases in student enrollment and student-to-teacher ratios in …

liberalization. Comparing trade and education policy, we find that targeted education subsidies are more effective than tariffs as a …