China has made impressive strides in education in recent decades, even though the accumulation of human capital has … lagged behind that of physical capital. Going forward, access to and quality of education will be key to sustain economic … number of problems. Access to pre-school education is still far from universal. Migrants’ children as well as rural and poor …

increasing needs for modern economics education and research, as Chinese economy becomes more market oriented. To meet the needs … 27 members, all with PhD training in economics from universities abroad, and become an important education and policy as … arrangements, commitment to education and independent research, outreaching, networking, continuous innovation, and service culture …

Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest … spread of public primary education in developed economies. We identify the former and the lack of the latter to be important …

Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest … spread of public primary education in developed economies. We identify the former and the lack of the latter to be important …

education on health among working-age population and explores the potential mechanisms. Using the exogenous variation in …, and increases cognition by about 0.16 standard deviation. Further analysis also suggests that nutrition, income, cognition … and peer effects are important channels in the education-health nexus, and all of these factors explain almost half of the …

girl's education suffers when her greater water need for female hygiene purposes after menarche is not met because her … have good access to water. Water engineering can thus contribute significantly to reducing gender education gaps in rural …

-term positive and economically meaningful effects on nonhealth outcomes such as education and cognitive skills. These effects are …

This paper documents the state of elementary education in India and China since the 1960s, key lessons for India from …'s New Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020). The divergent policy focus has led to differential trajectories for elementary … education in the two emerging economies, with China being decades ahead in improving literacy rates. China's adoption of the New …