primary school education from 7 to 8 years. At the same time, the reform did not affect the education system at post …-primary levels, that is the system of secondary and higher education. In result, all education tracks were extended by one year … countries. However, our study is the first one to estimate the impact of the compulsory schooling extended in a centrally …

finds that the global level of schooling and learning will fall. COVID-19 could result in a loss of between 0.3 and 0 ….9 years of schooling adjusted for quality, bringing down the effective years of basic schooling that students achieve during … education could drop out due to the income shock of the pandemic alone. Students from the current cohort could, on average, face …

Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may … exceed individual benefits. Research finds that increased average education levels in an area are correlated with higher … earnings, even for locals with relatively little education. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates …

both education and health. I further investigate to what extent within-twin-pair differences in schooling correlates with …This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins. I adopt a twin … education on health. Higher educational levels are found to be positively related to self-reported health but negatively related …

This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and … of schooling in developing economies raises enterprise income by an average of 5.5 percent, which is close to the average … entrepreneurship to farming. The education effect that separates workers into self-employment and wage employment is stronger for women …