-founded education and fertility decision of households into a model of international trade with firm heterogeneity. Our theoretical … framework leads to two testable implications: i) the export share of a country increases with the education level of its … population, ii) the average profitability of firms located in a country also increases with the education level of its population …

We generalize a trade model with firm-specific heterogeneity and R&D-based growth to allow for an endogenous education …

in sectors which have been less severely hit by the crisis. Focusing on the education sector, it seems that the demand … for education increases because individuals try to circumvent the tight labour market, while the supply of education … early to make a definite statement because the full impact of the crisis on the education sector is still to come. …

parental education and health investments. We show that i) there is a complementarity between education and health: if parents …

. Under reasonable assumptions, the model predicts that the spending share on education increases if the middle class becomes … larger such that the size of the middle class has a positive impact on education. We test the relationship empirically by … determinant of female education than male education and that the effect of the middle class on education is more pronounced in …

We set up a unified growth model with gender-specific differences in tastes for consumption, fertility, education of … developed countries, we assume that mothers desire to have no more children than fathers and to invest no less in education per … education, and sluggish economic growth towards a state of low fertility, high education, and fast economic growth if the child …

firms. In so doing we integrate a micro-founded education and fertility decision of households into a model of international … in the education level of its population, ii) the export share of a country decreases in the birth rate of its population …, iii) the average profitability of firms increases in the education level of a country, iv) the average profitability of …

in sectors which have been less severely hit by the crisis. Focusing on the education sector, it seems that the demand … for education increases because individuals try to circumvent the tight labour market, while the supply of education … early to make a definite statement because the full impact of the crisis on the education sector is still to come. …