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Human capital investment and globalization in extortionary states

Andersson, Fredrik; Konrad, Kai A. - 2001

This paper considers education investment and public education subsidies in closed and open economies with an … extortionary government. The extortionary government in a closed economy has incentives to subsidize education in order to overcome … their education policies if highly productive labor is fully mobile. Extortionary governments' incentives for education …

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Rank effects in education : what do we know so far?

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2022

In recent years there has been a plethora of empirical papers by economists concerning the effects of academic rank in school or college on subsequent outcomes of students. We review this recent literature, describing the difficult identification and measurement issues, the assumptions and...

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It's not just for boys! : understanding gender differences in STEM

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2019

Public preferences for charging tuition are important for determining higher education finance. To test whether public …

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Risk-adjusted returns to education

Delaney, Judith - 2019

education. Accounting for non-employment risk leads to substantial changes in returns while wage risk has little impact. The … employment when calculating returns to education leads to biased estimates. …

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Gender and educational achievement: stylized facts and causal evidence

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2021

There are two well-established gender gaps in education. First, females tend to have higher educational attainment and …

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