rates, intergenerational mobility of education, and long-run earnings inequality in eight countries Sub-Saharan Africa. On … completion is higher. However, a small additional impact on girls’ education due to the Covid-19 induced rise in teenage … pregnancy is observed in some countries. Intergenerational mobility of education decreases from 1 to close to 50 percent …

policies on the intergenerational persistence of education in 17 Latin American countries. First, we retrieve detailed … information on school lockdowns and on the policies enacted to support education from home in each country. Then, we use these …

This paper evaluates the impact of education on measured inequality across the wage distribution using pooled records … from the 2005 and 2010 Cameroon labour force surveys, wage equations and standard inequality measures. Returns to education … returns to education for the period 2005-10 largest for the 5th and 10th percentiles. Inequality decreased from the lower to …

market outcomes in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We demonstrate that the same genetic score that predicts education … is also associated with higher wages, but only among individuals with a college education. Moreover, the genetic gradient …

How society invests in human capital is important for economic growth and social welfare. The paper reports from the …

market outcomes in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We demonstrate that the same genetic score that predicts education … is also associated with higher wages, but only among individuals with a college education. Moreover, the genetic gradient …

equal distribution of education contributes significantly to reducing income inequality. Educational expansion is a major … stability contribute to reducing income inequality, while public spending on education helps to reduce educational inequality … factor in reducing educational inequality and thus income inequality. Public policies that improve social benefits and price …

available. In this paper, we use nationally representative cohort data linked to administrative education records to study the …