We propose an innovation-driven growth model in which education is determined by family background and cognitive … ability. We show that compulsory schooling can move a society from elite education to mass education, which then triggers …, compulsory education is implemented first and triggers the onset of market R&D. According to the British way, market R&D is …

the introduction of technical education in primary schools. At the same time, the Catholic Church was promoting a … mechanism: more religious areas saw a slower introduction of the technical curriculum and instead a push for religious education …. Religious education, in turn, was negatively associated with industrial development about 10 to15 years later, when school …

We exploit Germany’s reunification to identify how school-age education affects entrepreneurial intentions. We look at … German control group received formal and informal education in a free-market economy, while East German students did or did … not receive free-market education. Difference-in-differences estimations show that school-age education in a free …

, highlighting the roles of higher expected returns to education and of an increased sense of belonging to Germany. …

The aim of this paper is to study the long-run effects of a longevity increase on individual decisions about education …

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 … role in firm innovation in metropolitan cities, while it is the General Manager's education that has a positive and …

skills are systematically related to measures of human-capital investment such as education and work experience. The number … differences account for more earnings variation than detailed measures of education and experience. Third, we document a sizable …