the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for …

Decisions concerning marriage, fertility, participation, and the education of children are explained using a two …, and (iv) length and effective enforcement of compulsory education. The predictions are consistent with two empirical … developing countries are concerned since that date. The model provides a gender-neutral explanation of why girls in developing …

to post-compulsory education, have higher educational attainment, and labor force attachment at age 25. Pupils of both …

In many countries there is a considerable gender gap in enrolment for a bachelor's degree in Economics, arguably an …

manufacturing firms from China. We use two firm-level datasets from China: one from metropolitan cities, and one from provincial … include skilled human capital (number of highly educated workers), general manager’s education and tenure, and management team …’s education and age. We find that skilled human capital has a significant positive effect on firms’ innovation, while the …

This paper analyses political forces that cause an initial expansion of public spending on higher education and an … future demand for education. This demand shift implies that the initial subsidy per student becomes too expensive to be … politically sustainable. Despite a voters? backlash that curbs education subsidies, overall enrolments continue to rise. But the …

vote on two issues: redistributive policies for them and education investments for their kids. Public education is the … may exchange their positions with kids born from rich families. This is because education reduces the probability of the … voting. When the poor are more politically influent, the economy is characterized by a higher level of education, growth and …