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 …

This paper formulates a simple skill and education model to explain how better access to higher education leads to …

College education is not only an investment; for many people it also generates consumption benefits. If these benefits … students, even when the colleges lack market power. Moreover, when the social return to education exceeds the private return …

show that female participation is positively affected by tertiary education at any age. But upper secondary education …

Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In citiessingles can meet more potential partners …

there is a causal effect of partnership on subjective well-being. Our data allow us to distinguish between marriage and … orientation. The well-being gains of marriage are larger than those of cohabitation. Investigating partnership formation and … disruption, we discover that the well-being effects are symmetric. Finally, we find that marriage improves well-being for both …

unexpectedly increased education attainment as more students chose to complete the next school stage. This impact is almost … labor market opportunity and marriage quality, as measured by bride price received and household bargaining power. We … reduced school costs combined with strongly non-linear returns to female education. …

We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … with sisters obtain lower education and give birth earlier than women with brothers. Our analysis shows that the family …