, the latter notably through the successful “Bolsa Familia” programme. Among public services, improved access to education … interventions such as expanding early-childhood education, by reducing grade-repetition and through more tailored support for those …

In this model of education, where individuals are exposed both to educational risk and to wage risk within the skilled … enhancing the quality of education. The necessary expenditures are optimally financed by regressive tuition fees and the net …

In this model of education, where individuals are exposed both to educational risk and to wage risk within the skilled … enhancing the quality of education. The necessary expenditures are optimally financed by regressive tuition fees and the net …

into account the effects of schooling on employment and wages as well as the key features of the Italian tax and social …

into account the effects of schooling on employment and wages as well as the key features of the Italian tax and social …

education, as shifts in the impact of city education composition on wages are not consistent with standard models of …This paper re-examines the impact of city educational composition on wages, often interpreted as human capital … externalities. Using U.S. Census data, I find large, positive spillovers from college education in the 1980s, as documented by …

. As former welfare recipients enter the labor market, they may exert downward pressure on wages or displace employment of …The recent reform of the federal welfare system was meant to encourage recipients to leave welfare and enter the … workforce. If the reform is successful there are likely to be effects felt throughout the low--skilled end of the labor market …