We propose an innovation-driven growth model in which education is determined by family background and cognitive … ability. We show that compulsory schooling can move a society from elite education to mass education, which then triggers …, compulsory education is implemented first and triggers the onset of market R&D. According to the British way, market R&D is …

For most of human history there existed a well-educated and innovative elite whereas mass education, market R&D, and … model for the very long run in which the individual-specific return to education is conceptualized as an compound of … determines whether an individual experiences education and a locally stable steady state at which education is determined by …

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 …

This paper explores the impact of gender differences in the desire for sex and the distribution of power in the … contraceptives, the gender wage gap, and female bargaining power, the economy assumes one of two possible equilibria. At the … traditional equilibrium, contraceptives are not used, fertility is high and education and growth are low. At the modern …

increasing education and declining labor supply (of cohorts born 1850-1950) as an optimal response to increasing active life …-run economic development. -- longevity ; active life expectancy ; education ; hours worked ; economic growth. …