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The past and future of knowledge-based growth
Strulik, Holger; Prettner, Klaus; Prskawetz, Alexia - 2012
-founded fertility and schooling behavior. The model explains the historical emergence of R&D-based growth and the subsequent emergence … growth - when fertility is going to be below replacement level in virtually all developed countries - are much better than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311668
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Migrant Youths' Educational Achievement : The Role of Institutions
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2011
We use 2009 Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) data to link institutional arrangements in OECD countries to the disparity in reading, math, and science test scores for migrant and native-born students. We find that achievement gaps are larger for those migrant youths who arrive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118215
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The past and future of knowledge-based growth
Strulik, Holger; Prettner, Klaus; Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, … - 2012
-founded fertility and schooling behavior. The model explains the historical emergence of R&D-based growth and the subsequent emergence … growth - when fertility is going to be below replacement level in virtually all developed countries - are much better than … suggested by conventional R&D-based growth theories. -- R&D ; declining population ; fertility ; schooling ; human capital. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009619095
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Public versus Private Education with Risky Human Capital
Kindermann, Fabian - 2009
This paper studies the long-run macroeconomic, distributional and welfare effects of tuition policy and student loans. We therefore form a rich model of risky human capital investment based on the seminal work of Heckman, Lochner and Taber (1998). We extend their original model by variable labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199814
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Federalism, fertility and growth
Borck, Rainald - 2007
This paper analyses the effect of federalism on fertility and growth. In a model with human capital accumulation and … endogenous fertility, two regimes of education finance are compared: central and local education. Using numerical simulation, I … find that local education finance yields higher growth at the price of increased inequality. Aggregate fertility may be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264266
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Federalism, Fertility and Growth
Borck, Rainald - 2021
This paper analyses the effect of federalism on fertility and growth. In a model with human capital accumulation and … endogenous fertility, two regimes of education finance are compared: central and local education. Using numerical simulation, I … find that local education finance yields higher growth at the price of increased inequality. Aggregate fertility may be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316652
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Chapter 16 Schools, Teachers, and Education Outcomes in Developing Countries
Glewwe, Paul; Kremer, Michael - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 2, (pp. 945-1017). 2006
About 80% of the world's children live in developing countries. Their well-being as adults depends heavily on the education they receive. School enrollment rates have increased dramatically in developing counties since 1960, but many children still leave school at a young age and often learn...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023721
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Getting it right : youth employment policy within the EU
Pastore, Francesco - 2017
This essay discusses the determinants of youth unemployment within the EU and then the alternative policy options currently at stake. We argue that youth unemployment regards especially some peripheral EU countries and is due to a mix of factors that should be addressed more vigorously, starting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011658771
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Getting it right : youth employment policy within the EU
Pastore, Francesco - 2017
This essay discusses the determinants of youth unemployment within the EU and then the alternative policy options currently at stake. We argue that youth unemployment regards especially some peripheral EU countries and is due to a mix of factors that should be addressed more vigorously, starting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012113864
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Thailand's education system and skills imbalances : assessment and policy recommendations
Vandeweyer, Marieke; Espinoza, Ricardo; Reznikova, Laura; … - 2020
In light of population ageing, globalisation, automation, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand’s labour market is being significantly reshaped, and so are the skills required for higher employability. This paper analyses the capacity of Thailand’s education and training system...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012421216