The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement … education level between census data and observations constructed from enrolment data. We discuss a methodology for correcting …

the leading principle of the Dutch education system since the beginning of the 20th century. Based on panel data for the … Netherlands we show that there is a relation between competition and student achievement in upper secondary education, but that it …

Education is argued to be an important driver of the decision to start a business. The measurement of its influence … US. Theeffect of education on the decision to become self-employed is found to be strongly positive,much higher than the … estimated effect in case no instrumental variables are used. That is, thehigher the respondent's level of education, the greater …

We argue that promoting education may be a means to reduceincome inequality. When workers of different skill levels … areimperfect substitutes in production, an increase in the level ofhuman capital in the economy reduces the return to education … atrade-off between the distortions of taxes on effort and the distortionsof education subsidies on the investment in human …

increasing education and declining labor supply (of cohorts born 1850-1950) as an optimal response to increasing active life …-run economic development. -- longevity ; active life expectancy ; education ; hours worked ; economic growth. …

firms. In so doing we integrate a micro-founded education and fertility decision of households into a model of international … in the education level of its population, ii) the export share of a country decreases in the birth rate of its population …, iii) the average profitability of firms increases in the education level of a country, iv) the average profitability of …