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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 …
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Education is a crucial asset for a country's economic prospects and for its inhabitants. In addition to its direct … (generated by, e.g., technological or climatic change) among other benefits. In this chapter, we study education inequality in … interaction of education inequality with other forms of inequality, primarily income and labor market outcomes. Our analysis is …
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Why are some people wealth rich while others are poor? To what extent can governments affect inequality? Which instruments should they use? Answering these questions requires understanding why people save. Dynamic quantitative models of wealth inequality can help us to understand and quantify...
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This paper documents disparities in cognitive development-as measured by a receptive vocabulary test-between children from households with high and low socioeconomic status (SES) in two different phases of childhood (before and after early school years) in four developing countries: Peru,...
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In this article we evaluate the effectiveness of ethnomathematics education among indigenous children: the JADENKÄ …
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A simple classical-Marxian model of growth and distribution is developed in which education transforms low … who only receive wage income into one in which education and human capital play a major role. We show than an expansion in … education can have a positive effect on growth but by altering the distribution of income rather than by fostering technological …
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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 …
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, education and the role of elites. Finally, we conduct a "replication" exercise with some seminal papers in the literature …
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productive abilities and education. Additionally, the system insures against 48% of lifetime earnings risk. Implementing a …
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We study the impact of human capital and the level of education on the pollution-income relationship controlling for …
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