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Economic impact of the expansion of federal universities in Brazil
Eduardo Ferreira Vinhais, Henrique; Guilhoto, Joaquim … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
There has been a strong expansion of the federal universities’ system in Brazil in this century, consisted of increased …
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Social Capital, Government Expenditures, and Growth
Ponzetto, Giacomo; Troiano, Ugo - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2014
We present a tractable stochastic endogenous growth model that explains how social capital influences economic development. In our model, social capital increases citizens' awareness of government activity. Hence, it alleviates the electoral incentives to under- invest in education, whose...
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Education System Reform in Pakistan: Why, When, and How?
Aziz, Mehnaz; Bloom, David E.; Humair, Salal; Jimenez, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Pakistan's education system faces long-standing problems in access, quality, and equal opportunity at every level: primary and secondary schools, higher education and vocational education. In spite of recent encouraging trends, such as the rapid spread of private schooling and an expansion of...
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La educación que queremos
Yamada, Gustavo; Castro, Juan Francisco - In: Cuando despertemos en el 2062: Visiones del Perú en 50 …
El objetivo de este capítulo es proporcionar un panorama completo de la situación actual del sistema educativo peruano y ofrecer una visión de futuro ambiciosa pero factible. La principal contribución de este escrito proviene de las comparaciones entre esta situación actual y los escenarios...
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Are Some Degrees Worth More than Others? Evidence from college admission cutoffs in Chile
Hastings, Justine S.; Neilson, Christopher A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
students from different types of backgrounds. We combine administrative and archival data from Chile with score … status. Our findings suggest a role for policies that guide students toward higher-return degrees, such as targeted loans and … better college preparation for students from low-income backgrounds. …
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School, what is it good for? Useful Human Capital and the History of Public Education in Central Europe
Cvrcek, Tomas; Zajicek, Miroslav - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
The rise of education has featured prominently in the debate on the sources of modern long-term economic growth. Existing accounts stress the positive role of public education and the importance of political support for its provision. We argue that such an explanation for the spread of schooling...
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Education does not seem to improve health: Evidence from Indonesia
Parinduri, Rasyad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
I examine the effects of education on health in Indonesia using an exogenous variation in education induced by an extension of Indonesia's school term length in 1978-1979, a natural experiment that fits a regression discontinuity design. I find the longer school year increases educational...
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Measurement of Output of Education Services
Musil, Petr; Fischer, Jakub - In: Politická ekonomie 2015 (2015) 2, pp. 167-184
of education services has been developed in the paper. This approach is based on number of students in detailed breakdown …
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Inclusive Growth Through Creation of Human and Social Capital
Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper analyses inclusive growth that focuses on the creation of opportunities for all. Inclusive growth allows people to contribute to and benefit from economic growth, while pro-poor growth approaches focusing on welfare of the poor only to reduce inequality. Recently, economics literature...
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LA EDUCACIÓN COMO MOTOR DE DESARROLLO INTEGRAL: La importancia del capital humano en el crecimiento económico y social de largo plazo
Acuña, Oscar Andrés Espinosa; González, Paola Andrea Vaca - UN - RCE - CID - 2012
La presente investigación tiene por finalidad demostrar que las inversiones en educación primaria, secundaria y universitaria son vitales para el crecimiento, la equidad y el progreso económico del país, siendo variables primordiales que explican el desarrollo sostenible y eficiente de una...
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