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traditional equilibrium, contraceptives are not used, fertility is high and education and growth are low. At the modern … equilibrium, contraceptives are used, fertility is low and further declining with increasing income, and education and growth are … provide more education for their children and leads to an earlier uptake of modern contraceptives and an earlier onset of the …
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It is a well known fact that economic development and distance to the equator are positively correlated variables in the world today. It is perhaps less well known that as recently as 1500 C.E. it was the other way around. The present paper provides a theory of why the “latitude gradient”...
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It is a well known fact that economic development and distance to the equator are positively correlated variables in the world today. It is perhaps less well known that as recently as 1500 C.E. it was the other way around. The present paper provides a theory of why the "latitude gradient"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011774936
It is a well known fact that economic development and distance to the equator are positively correlated variables in the world today. It is perhaps less well known that as recently as 1500 C.E. it was the other way around. The present paper provides a theory of why the "latitude gradient"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011146226
Accountability, autonomy and choice are now the watchwords of education reformers around the globe. This book presents …
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data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of … fixed effects account for time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity, education but not income or urbanization is negatively …
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-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 …
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Republican federal administrations' education policies. This chapter reviews the theory of school-based accountability, describes …
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This chapter summarizes the recent literature on peer effects in student outcomes at the elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels. Linear-in-means models find modest sized and statistically significant peer effects in test scores. But the linear-in-means model masks considerable...
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' education or with other indicators of their parents' socio-economic status. This topic is central in social science, and there … to researchers. The purpose of this chapter is to summarize and evaluate recent empirical research on education and …
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