choose the non-professional education track. Those who might have otherwise pursued higher, professional education may forgo … that schooling. The theory developed here explains the forsaken schooling phenomenon, which shows that low-skilled and … education since, they will be overqualified in the host country. This will have a long run affect. As time goes on, therefore …

dramatic augmentation of working population with vocational education relative to general education. This is consistent with … the recent literature, which argues that the ratio of vocational-to-general education tends to be higher in middle …-income countries. We explore an analytical approach to open up fresh insights into the composition of secondary education and prove the …

education and associated years of schooling have expanded substantially in developing countries in recent years. But has this … improvements in the access to the education system and in educational outcomes across the welfare distribution between and within … schooling years. We find great heterogeneity in the distribution of progress of education, with very little pro-poor progress in …