The aim of this paper is to examine the evolution of recruitment of elites and to investigate the nature of the links … between recruitment of elites and economic growth. The main change that occurred in the way the Western world trained its … elites is that meritocracy became the basis for their recruitment. Although meritocratic selection should result in the best …

The aim of this paper is to examine the evolution of recruitment of elites due to globalization. In the last century …, the main change that occurred in the way the Western world trained its elites is that meritocracy became the basis for …

, education and the role of elites. Finally, we conduct a "replication" exercise with some seminal papers in the literature …

survey among 918 students of economics and other social sciences, we estimate the effects of studying in the different fields …

Most professional economists believe that economists in general are more selfish than other persons and that this … greater selfishness is due to economics education. This paper offers empirical evidence against this widely held belief. Using … that economics education does not make people act more selfishly. Rather, this natural experiment suggests that the …

In this paper we explore the composition of students, the study length towards diploma, and examine the likelihood of … diploma, all with respect to parenthood. Few get children while enrolled in higher education, nevertheless one fourth of … female university students in Sweden has children. In Sweden as in many other countries enrollment periods have been …

The competition that exists among the higher education institutions involves great efforts to adapt to the new …, complexity and provide students both with specific habits and efficient work tools. Our research aimed at identifying the … perception of students from the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEAA), which belongs to “Alexandru Ioan Cuza …

on the conceptual framework of an education production function, we cover evidence on child, parent, and school inputs … and students' cognitive and socio-emotional development. The German panel evidence shows that children's learning time … decreased severely during the first school closures, particularly for low-achieving students, and increased only slightly one …

on the conceptual framework of an education production function, we cover evidence on child, parent, and school inputs … and students' cognitive and socio-emotional development. The German panel evidence shows that children's learning time … decreased severely during the first school closures, particularly for low-achieving students, and increased only slightly one …

on the conceptual framework of an education production function, we cover evidence on child, parent, and school inputs … and students’ cognitive and socio-emotional development. The German panel evidence shows that children’s learning time … decreased severely during the first school closures, particularly for low-achieving students, and increased only slightly one …