This study examines the relationship between education and the choice to become self-employed using Panel Study of Income Dynamics data. It finds that educational attainment is an important determinant of self-employment. Goods-producing entrepreneurs tend to be in construction, whereas...

We present in this paper the real importance and very contemporary human capital investment. Through a quantitative analysis, we present the level of human capital accumulation that countries are able to achieve. We also examine the significant part occupied by educational expenditure in the...

Millions of households in developing countries receive financial support from family members working overseas. How do migrant earnings affect origin-household investments? This paper examines Philippine households%u2019 responses to overseas members%u2019 economic shocks. Overseas Filipinos work...

There is wide consensus that entrepreneurial talent is the ability to discover and exploit market opportunities by taking the relevant risky decisions. Discovery and exploitation are separate but interlinked features of entrepreneurship requiring, in different proportions, the exploitation of...

The objective of the present work is to analyze the determining factors for an individual to be a "Genuine Independent Wor-ker". This concept includes self-employed individuals who are not at subsistence levels or who are self-employed but respond to only one customer. Mainly, the role of...

In line with the perspectives of human capital, human development and human rights, this paper conceives education to be the basic right of children and re-christens all children who are not in school including child labourers and `no-where children', as educationally deprived children. It...

The emphasis on education assumes importance given the recent recognition of human capital, human rights and human development perspectives of development. Hence educational deprivation is recognised as the primary agent of human deprivation and all necessary measuresare required to ensure...

The decline and fall of the Soviet empire has had profound effects on accounting and the accounting profession in the former Soviet republics. As the nations of the former Soviet Union have started to shift from central planning to a market economy they have encountered difficulties in adopting...

Financial aid to students in tertiary education can contribute to human capital accumulation through two channels - increased enrollment and improved student performance. Canton and Blom analyze the quantitative importance of both channels in the context of a student loan program (SOFES)...

Kiből lesz ma tanár Magyarországon? Különböznek-e a tanárképzésre jelentkezők, a tanári pályát választók képességei a más szakon továbbtanulók, a más pályát választók képességeitől? Mekkora szerepe van a tanári pálya választásában a tanárként, illetve a többi...