In 2000, the goal that, by 2015, all children will have access to, and complete, free and compulsory primary education of good quality, was set. Despite the progress in terms of student enrollment and completion, the quality of learning produced in developing countries remains poor. Existing...

Rates of return to investments in schooling have been estimated since the late 1950s. In the 60-plus year history of such estimates, there have been several attempts to synthesize the empirical results to ascertain patterns. This paper presents comparable estimates, as well as a database, that...

We conduct four tests of screening in education. We apply our methodology to labor market data from Argentina, using two points in time, a period during which the returns to schooling in Argentina increased. There do not appear to be significant increases associated with years of schooling that...