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Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Gender Differences in Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from the Birthweight Differences of Chinese Twins
Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Zhang, Junsen - 2012
This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507364
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Gender Effects of Education on Economic Development in Turkey
Tansel, Aysit; Güngör, Nil Demet - 2012
Several recent empirical studies have examined the gender effects of education on economic growth or on steady … the direction of correlation. This paper undertakes a similar study of the gender effects of education using province … examination of the effect of educational gender gap was negative on output. The results are found to be robust to a number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500205
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Gender Effects of Education on Economic Development in Turkey
Tansel, Aysit; Güngör, Nil Demet - 2012
Several recent empirical studies have examined the gender effects of education on economic growth or on steady … and the direction of correlation. This paper undertakes a similar study of the gender effects of education using province … examination of the effect of educational gender gap was negative on output. The results are found to be robust to a number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320605
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Gender effects of education on economic development in Turkey
Tansel, Aysit; Güngör, Nil Demet - 2012
Several recent empirical studies have examined the gender effects of education on economic growth or on steady … and the direction of correlation. This paper undertakes a similar study of the gender effects of education using province … examination of the effect of educational gender gap was negative on output. The results are found to be robust to a number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282126
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Human Capital, Schooling and Health Returns
Schultz, T. Paul - 2003
A consensus has been forged in the last decade that recent periods of sustained growth in total factor productivity and reduced poverty are closely associated with improvements in a population's child nutrition, adult health, and schooling, particularly in low-income countries. Estimates of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369257
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Global trends in numeracy 1820-1949 and its implications for long-run growth
Crayen, Dorothee; Baten, Jörg - 2008
This study is the first to explore long-run trends of numeracy for the 1820-1949 period in 165 countries, and its contribution to growth. Estimates of the long-run numeracy development of most countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, America, and Europe are presented, using age-heaping...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264304
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Does education matter for economic growth?
Delgado, Michael S.; Henderson, Daniel J.; Parmeter, … - 2012
Empirical growth regressions typically include mean years of schooling as a proxy for human capital. However, empirical research often finds that the sign and significance of schooling depends on the sample of observations or the specification of the model. We use a nonparametric local-linear...
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Welcome Address
Chrobog, Jürgen - In: CESifo Forum 13 (2012) 3, pp. 3-4
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Welcome Address
Sinn, Hans-Werner - In: CESifo Forum 13 (2012) 3, pp. 5-9
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Keynote Address
Pavluts, Daniels - In: CESifo Forum 13 (2012) 3, pp. 10-11
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