of the development of public education and a review of current econometric evidence on education, growth, and income …The dominant role played by the state in the financing, regulation, and provision of primary and secondary education … reflects the widely-held belief that education is necessary for personal and societal well-being. The economic organization of …

privatization of tertiary education comes with a vast reduction in the number of students, an increase in the college wage premium … and longrun welfare losses of around 5 percent. Surprisingly, we find that from privatization of tertiary education …

Population ageing has triggered concerns about the sustainability of public systems of education. The empirical …, 2004; Levy, 2005). The present note re-examines the political economy of public education in an ageing society, using the …

the macro literature on education and growth. The fraction of the population more efficient at producing skills in the …) effect education on growth measured in the empirical literature. -- compulsory schooling reforms ; dynamic skill accumulation … ; comparative advantages ; returns to schooling ; education and growth ; dynamic discrete choice ; dynamic programming …