This dissertation consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of the economics of education …

While the majority of micro studies finds that rural education increases agricultural productivity, various recent … of education in the international context is rather a data problem related to the use of enrolment and literacy … Barro-Lee educational attainment dataset, we show that education indeed has a highly significant, positive effect on …

-sectional character of most available achievement data, and possible bias from unobserved country factors like culture. This chapter …

Indonesia has made significant progress in increasing access to education over the last decade. Despite these … impressive trends, many children do not continue their education beyond the primary and junior secondary level. While a number of … factors influence a household's schooling decision, the direct and indirect costs of education are important particularly for …

in upper-secondary education in Hungary. Rejected and admitted students are compared who applied to the same school and …

We examine the role of education in fostering the economic integration of immigrants. Although immigrants in Europe are …