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Schooling, Labor Force Quality, and Economic Growth
Hanushek, Eric A. - 1995
Human capital is almost always identified as a crucial ingredient for growing economies, but empirical investigations of cross-national growth have done little to clarify the dimensions of relevant human capital or any implications for policy. This paper concentrates on the importance of labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473468
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Schooling, Labor Force Quality, and Economic Growth
Hanushek, Eric A.; Kim, Dongwook - 2000
Human capital is almost always identified as a crucial ingredient for growing economies, but empirical investigations of cross-national growth have done little to clarify the dimensions of relevant human capital or any implications for policy. This paper concentrates on the importance of labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014158648
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Educational Inequality
Azuma, Yoshiaki; Grossman, Herschel I. - 2021
existence of ability premiums, an innovation in the relative demand for more educated labor increases educational inequality in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013224925
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Educational Inequality
Azuma, Yoshiaki - 2001
existence of ability premiums, an innovation in the relative demand for more educated labor increases educational inequality in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470518
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Life at the Top : The Benefits of Height
Deaton, Angus - 2011
explained by the positive association between height and both income and education, both of which are positively linked to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134585
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The Long-Run Impacts of Early Childhood Education : Evidence from a Failed Policy Experiment
DeCicca, Philip - 2011
We investigate short and long-term effects of early childhood education using variation created by a unique policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124550
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Financial Literacy, Financial Education and Economic Outcomes
Hastings, Justine S. - 2012
In this article we review the literature on financial literacy, financial education, and consumer financial outcomes … addresses whether financial education improves financial literacy or personal financial outcomes. We discuss the extent to which … on the efficacy and cost of financial education. Finally, we discuss directions for future research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100358
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The Impact of Physical Education on Obesity Among Elementary School Children
Cawley, John - 2012
have advocated increasing the time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101508
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Suffrage, Schooling, and Sorting in the Post-Bellum U.S. South
Naidu, Suresh - 2012
This paper estimates the political and economic effects of the 19th century disenfranchisement of black citizens in the U.S. South. Using adjacent county-pairs that straddle state boundaries, I examine the effect of voting restrictions on political competition, public goods, and factor markets....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105449
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Fostering and Measuring Skills : Interventions that Improve Character and Cognition
Heckman, James J. - 2013
This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and noncognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not adequately capture character skills--personality traits, goals, motivations, and preferences--that are valued in the labor market, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013072864