in education. We begin re-examining a recent claim that the correlation coefficient is less biased than the regression …

This paper estimates intergenerational mobility in education using data from 91 censuses in 24 countries in Latin … complete one educational stage more than their parents (primary education for those whose parents did not finish primary school …, or secondary education for those whose parents did not complete secondary school). It measures downward mobility as the …

country for men, and more than 45% of the variation for women. This indicates that education policy has an important role to …

, consistent with the transition to employment elevating time pressure and stress. We find no effect on teenagers' education and …

persistence in elite education. We identify a positive elite peer effect on enrolment in elite programmes and disentangle …

Intergenerational persistence in studying for elite education is high across the world. We study the role that exposure … causal impact of elite peers on the probability of enrolling in elite education for students from different socioeconomic … intergenerational persistence at the top of the education and income distribution. …

fertility, family transfers, and education. The model, estimated to the US in the 2000s, implies that a counterfactual flat …

different incentives to acquire education for the two ethnic groups. Using rich Danish administrative data, this paper finds … evidence that greater negative attitudes increase incentives for males to acquire education and that networking also increases … immigrant education. …

education but the other one does not. Because of the high degree of assortative matching according to education on the marriage …

We develop a classical macroeconomic model to examine the growth and distributional consequences of education. Contrary …-reducing. Expansive education policies may foster growth and reduce earning inequalities between workers, but only by transferring income … from workers to capitalists. Further, the overall effect of an increase in education depends on the actual characteristics …