human capital, specifically education. This literature has two main strands. First, much of modern growth theory puts human … capital at center-stage, building on older notions of human capital externalities as an engine of economic growth. Empirical … within countries, is meager. There is a strong association between average earnings and average education across nations and …

In this paper we study the allocation of time devoted to informal learning and education, i.e. those activities carried … out during leisure time and outside formal education courses which boost individuals' human and social capital. For … immigrants the private investment in these activities is likely to have relevant external effects as informal learning and …

known about the private return to education, much less is known about the more important question of what happens to … of human capital can benefit society in ways that are not fully reflected in the private return of education. Human … individual productivity. Furthermore, increases in education can reduce criminal participation and improve voters political …

. However, if the programme generates externalities for non-participants such an approach will capture only part of the …

As immigrants born in developing countries and their descendants represent a growing share of the working ….5% for first- and second-generation immigrants, respectively. However, controlling for a wide range of observables (e.g. age …, tenure, education, type of contract, occupation, firm-level collective agreement, firm fixed effects), we find that, whereas …

As immigrants born in developing countries and their descendants represent a growing share of the working ….5% for first- and second-generation immigrants, respectively. However, controlling for a wide range of observables (e.g. age …, tenure, education, type of contract, occupation, firm-level collective agreement, firm fixed effects), we find that, whereas …

This paper studies the occupational selection among generations of immigrants in the United States and links their … time that immigrants spend in the US and over generations. Information friction may be an explanation. …