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Mincer equation, power law of learning, and efficient education policy
Richter, Wolfram F. - 2013
The basis for the empirical research on earnings determination is the Mincer equation. Individuals are assumed to make schooling decisions by maximizing earnings. Leisure costs of schooling and labour supply are neglected which has some empirically implausible implications. This paper shows a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721334
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Do better schools lead to more growth? : cognitive skills, economic outcomes, and causation
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
We investigate whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth is appropriate and whether cross-country evidence supports a case for the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003920009
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How economics helped shape American Judaism
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2010
This chapter discusses the strong impact of economic forces, and changes in the economic environment, on American Jewish observance and American Jewish religious institutions in the 20th century. Beginning with the immigrants' experience of dramatic economic change between the old country and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688845
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Heterogeneous returns to human capital and dynamic self-selection
Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen - 2001
We estimate a structural dynamic programming model of schooling decisions and obtain individual specific estimates of the local (and average) returns to schooling as well as the returns to experience. Homogeneity of the returns to human capital is strongly rejected in favor of a discrete...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401014
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Subjective discount rates, intergenerational transfers and the return to schooling
Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen - 1999
Using a dynamic programming model of schooling decisions, we investigate the relationship between subjective discount rates and the labor market ability (the discount rate bias) on a panel taken from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). Given household human capital and Armed Forces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011313951
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Diverging patterns of education premium and school attendance in France and the US : a Walrasian view
De la Croix, David (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001784198
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Structural estimates of the intergenerational education correlation
Belzil, Christian (contributor); Hansen, Jörgen (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001877139
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Why should state government invest in college education? : an equilibrium approach for the US in 2000
Shields, Michael P. (contributor) - 2008
This paper is a preliminary look at the benefits to states in the US of subsidizing college education. The benefits studies are the external benefits of college education on the earnings of both college graduates and those who have not graduated from college. In completing a college education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729416
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Child care subsidies and child development
Herbst, Chris M. (contributor); Tekin, Erdal (contributor) - 2008
of the criticisms of the current subsidy system, however, is that it overemphasizes work and does little to encourage … care subsidies for child development. In this paper, we provide a systematic assessment of the impact of subsidy receipt on … relationship between child care subsidies and child development. In particular, our results suggest that subsidy receipt in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778467
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Do means-tested school lunch subsidies change children's weekly consumption patterns?
Howard, Larry L.; Prakash, Nishith - 2009
This article examines whether the means-tested component of the National School Lunch Program changes beneficiaries' dietary patterns by taking advantage of variation across public school districts in the financing of and demand for lunch and nutrition programs. Using data on fifth grade public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003899781