existence of ability premiums, an innovation in the relative demand for more educated labor increases educational inequality in …

ability to perform complex tasks. The data suggests that the sorting effect of education is an important determinant of …

This paper analyzes the non-market benefits of education and ability. Using a dynamic model of educational choice we … estimate returns to education that account for selection bias and sorting on gains. We investigate a range of non … patterns of returns that depend on the levels of schooling and ability. Unlike the monetary benefits of education, the benefits …

We investigate short and long-term effects of early childhood education using variation created by a unique policy …

We develop a model of induced innovation where research effort is a function of the death rate, and thus the potential … innovation based on differences in disease prevalence across population subgroups (i.e. race). Our model yields three empirical … population as a whole, induced innovation leads to growth in mortality disparities between minority and majority groups. Using …