China experienced a 47% expansion in higher education enrolment between 1998 and 1999, and a six-fold expansion in the … returns to higher education in China. We find that the mean years of education increased by roughly one full year around the … education induced by the 1999 higher education expansion increases monthly wage income by 21%, whereas the corresponding OLS …

world's largest education system. We first document a significant increase not only in quantity, but also in quality of … education in 1992/93 indicate a large positive causal effect of the expansion on supply of teachers. Consistent with …

We consider the impact of tax credits and income support programs on female education choice, employment, hours and …. We find important incentive effects on education choice and labor supply, with single mothers having the most elastic … especially for women with more than basic formal education. For those with lower education the welfare programs are shown to have …