How does availability of education affect who becomes a political representative? Theorists have pointed out access to … education as a key to a well-functioning democracy, but few empirical studies have examined how changes in the access to … education influence the chances of becoming a politician. In this paper we analyze the effects of a substantial series of school …

We examine economic growth, inequality and education when the wellspring of growth is the formation of human capital …

-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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

the macro literature on education and growth. The fraction of the population more efficient at producing skills in the …) effect education on growth measured in the empirical literature. -- compulsory schooling reforms ; dynamic skill accumulation … ; comparative advantages ; returns to schooling ; education and growth ; dynamic discrete choice ; dynamic programming …

introduced major structural reforms to fight poverty, improve the quality of education, create more jobs in the formal sector and …

College education is not only an investment; for many people it also generates consumption benefits. If these benefits … students, even when the colleges lack market power. Moreover, when the social return to education exceeds the private return …