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Human capital investment under exit options : evidence from a natural quasi-experiment
Chand, Satish; Clemens, Michael A. - 2019
Theory suggests that groups historically subject to discrimination, such as Jews, could exhibit traditionally high investment in education because discrimination spurred exit facilitated by human capital. Theory moreover suggests that if exit is uncertain, it could induce investment in skill...
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Education policy, student migration, and brain gain
Haupt, Alexander; Krieger, Tim; Lange, Thomas - 2013
In this paper, we analyse how increasing student migration from a less developed to a developed country alters education policy in the developed country, and how it affects human capital and welfare in the two countries. We argue that a higher permanent migration probability, i.e., a higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010202826
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Wage inequality and human capital formation under migration possibilities
Shimada, Akira - In: Australian economic papers 52 (2013) 3/4, pp. 190-201
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Skilled Migration, FDI and Human Capital Investment
Checchi, Daniele - 2008
It is commonly believed that accumulation of human capital (HC) and availability of physical and financial capitals are among the major determinants of economic growth. In a globalised world, where factors of production are increasingly mobile, the process of domestic accumulation of HC might be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773554
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Wage Inequality and Human Capital Formation Under Migration Possibilities
Shimada, Akira - 2013
I examine the problem in the relationship between wage inequality and human capital formation under migration possibilities. Unlike previous analyses, I incorporate the education market and the education price into the analysis, and assume that workers bear the pecuniary cost for receiving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014150441
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Nowcasting the impact of COVID-19 on education, intergenerational mobility and earnings inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Neidhöfer, Guido; Lustig, Nora; Larroulet, Patricio - 2022 - This version: June 2022
rates, intergenerational mobility of education, and long-run earnings inequality in eight countries Sub-Saharan Africa. On …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013275358
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Determinants of labour market gender inequalities in Cameroon, Senegal and Mali : the role of human capital and fertility burden
Kuépié, Mathias - In: Canadian journal of development studies 37 (2016) 1, pp. 66-82
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The Lost Human Capital : Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement in Africa
Bold, Tessa - 2019
In many low-income countries, teachers do not master the subject they are teaching, and children learn little while attending school. Using unique data from nationally representative surveys of schools in seven Sub-Saharan African countries, this paper proposes a methodology to assess the effect...
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Education and Development : Outcomes for Equality and Governance in Africa
Ndulo, Muna B. (ed.); Assié-Lumumba, N'Dri T. (ed.) - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
Equity for Development: Is Equity Available in an Unequal Society? -- 3. Educational Expansion in Africa (1965 … Africa -- 6. Science as a Development Tool in Ghana: Challenges, Outcomes, and Possibilities for Women Academic Scientists …. The Education, Inclusion, and Development of Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Crucial Aspects for Governance in Africa …
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