for about 11 percent of firms and are more prevalent in countries with better rule of law, gender equality, and stronger … related to gender equality, it is smaller where there isless emphasis on personal networks (better rule of law, lower trade …

, education, market efficiency, infrastructure, and institutions. Based on underlying proxies, the paper constructs indexes … Development countries and education for developing countries in the most recent decade. The regression results indicate that …

This paper presents the largest globally comparable panel database of education quality. The database includes 163 …-the countries that have the most to gain from the potential benefits of a high-quality education; (3) the data set contains credible … each estimate; and (6) the data set can be disaggregated across gender, socioeconomic status, rural/urban, language, and …

The standard summary metric of education-based human capital used in macro analyses-the average number of years of …) its virtues of simplicity and transparency make it a good candidate summary measure of education …

This paper documents inequality in health and education outcomes by constructing an index of human capital …