, through education especially at higher levels, will allow human capital to evolve dynamically and increase long-run growth in … Nigeria. This tendency engenders multiplier effects in stimulating sustainable development given that education-driven growth … growth. Therefore, investments in education have been identified as a vital channel for building human capital and achieving …

also provides a novel microfoundation for peer effects, with empirical implications for welfare and different education …

This paper estimates returns to education using a dynamic model of educational choice that synthesizes approaches in … differentials. For some, there are substantial causal effects of education at all stages of schooling. …

Using arguably exogenous variation in college expansions we estimate the effects of college education on female … fertility. While college education reduces the probability of becoming a mother, college-educated mothers have more children … than mothers without a college education. Lower child–income penalties of college-educated mothers of two relative to …

Community colleges have long been recognized for their potential in providing access to post-secondary education for … years ago. In the meantime, the market for higher education has changed drastically, and the Great Recession and economy of … the evidence on the employment and earnings effects of community college education. I study the experiences of the …

This paper evaluates whether the expansion of higher education is economically worthwhile based on a recent surge in … policies targeting the expansion of higher education. …