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We study the effect of spatial inequality on economic activity. Given that the relationship is highly simultaneous in nature, we use exogenous variation in geographic features to construct an instrument for spatial inequality, which is independent from any man-made factors. Inequality measures...
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We use the most recent wave of the German Qualifications and Career Survey and reveal a substantial wage premium in a Mincer regression for workers performing their job from home. The premium persists within narrowly defined jobs and after controlling for workplace activities and accounts to...
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on education. Afterwards, I analyze how prioritarians would allocate resources in a dynamic model of skill formation and …
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Foreign direct investments (FDI) are an important determinant of economic growth. Coun-tries try to attract mobile capital in order to foster economic development, albeit FDI might increase regional inequality since the many different regions of a country usually do not receive FDI in equal...
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There is abundant evidence on individual preferences for policies that reduce national inequality, but only little evidence on preferences for policies addressing global inequality. To investigate the latter, we conduct a two-year, face-to-face survey experiment on a representative sample of...
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vote first on labour market integration and afterwards on education policy. The institutional decision on integration … influences the succeeding education policy. More surprisingly, the prospect of voting on education policy also affects the … their preferred education policy is more successful at the polls. We show how a 'joint' analysis of the institutional and …
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We consider the optimal education policies of a small economy whose government has a limited budget. Initially, the … economy is closed and the government chooses its education policy to maximize welfare under autarky. Then the economy trades … with the rest of the world. Lastly, the government chooses a new education policy that maximizes welfare under trade. Is it …
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measure is a cohort-weighted average of past PISA scores (representing the quality of education) of the working age population … and the corresponding mean years of schooling (representing the quantity of education). In contrast to the existing … elasticity of the stock of human capital with respect to the quality of education is three to four times larger than for the …
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show that individuals with temporary disadvantages must exert greater effort to gain access to elite education. This … education can increase expected life-time welfare for disadvantaged students …
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Short-cycle higher education programs (SCPs) can play a central role in skill development and higher education … novel survey to collect program-level information on quality determinants and average outcomes for Brazil, Colombia … also collect administrative, student-level data on higher education and formal employment for SCP students in Brazil and …
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