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

In this paper education simultaneously affects growth and income inequality. More education does not necessarily … decrease inequality when the latter is assessed by the Lorenz dominance criterion. Increases in education first increase and … information on the nonlinear relationship between growth and education. …

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

We model the joint distribution of (i) individual education trajectories, defined by the allocation of time (semesters …

policies; ii) education and skills; to ensure adequate skills for accessing good quality jobs; and iii) urban environments …

effects of real (as opposed to relative) family income on education have practically vanished between the early 1980's and the … unobserved characteristics, a $300,000 differential in family income generated more than 2 years of education in the early 1980's …

private education and health systems has raised concerns about the future of an already fragmented social contract in Latin … America. In this chapter, we examine the evolution of the use of private education and private health insurance in selected … with some nuances. Wealthy households are mostly opting out of the public education system, and the middle-class is split …

. The quantity and quality are jointly set by a government agency wishing to maximize the quality of basic education per … stages of education: basic and advanced (college), the latter being required of teachers. The cost of hiring teachers is … workers, hence to the college premium. We show that this will exacerbate the negative trends in the quality of basic education …