-cycle wage growth of U.S. white males into four main sources: education, hours worked, cognitive skills (Armed Forces … by heterogeneity while individual differences in hours worked and education explain the remaining part almost equally. We … reduction in the cost of higher education. Finally, because policy changes induce simultaneous movements in observed choices and …

-based education policy. (3) There has been less work on the effects of educational inputs at the pre-school stage, and this may be a … incentives within education. (5) There is relatively less work surrounding the effects of inputs provided by parents and students …

Using a 1/5 random draw of the 1% census of 2005, we investigate how China’s higher education expansion commenced in … 1999 affects the education opportunities of various population groups and how this policy affects the labor market …. Treating the expansion as an experiment and using a LATE framework, we find that higher education expansion increased the …

called for an improved accountability system in the U.S. higher education system. In this policy brief, I discuss the many … positive and negative) across the higher education landscape. …

capital ; labor supply ; retirement ; training ; dynamic complementarity ; inequality ; returns to education ; (non …

This paper assesses the status of education, both quantity and quality, in Bihar in both absolute terms and relative to … of educational outcomes. It also surveys the broader literature on education policies which provides a perspective on the … current policies in the field of education in Bihar. Finally, it makes a case for several policy initiatives that should be …

Brazil has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty and inequality. This reduction is explained by strong growth … but also by effective social policies. Besides growth, public services and cash transfers have played the biggest role …, the latter notably through the successful “Bolsa Familia” programme. Among public services, improved access to education …

Over the period 1995-1998 Italy experienced an expansion of its higher education supply with the aim of reducing … effectiveness in reducing regional disparities. -- Higher Education ; Italy ; School Choices ; Uncertainty …

The need for education to help every child rather than focus on average attainment has become a more central part of … direct and indirect (spillover) effects. Thus, the analysis suggests that a key way that English education purports to help … children with learning difficulties is not working. -- education ; special needs ; evaluation …