A simple classical-Marxian model of growth and distribution is developed in which education transforms low … who only receive wage income into one in which education and human capital play a major role. We show than an expansion in … education can have a positive effect on growth but by altering the distribution of income rather than by fostering technological …

Estimates of the effect of education on GDP (the social return) have been hard to reconcile with micro evidence on the … of education reduces the private return by 2 percentage points, consistent with Katz-Murphy's (1992) elasticity of …

For most of human history there existed a well-educated and innovative elite whereas mass education, market R&D, and … model for the very long run in which the individual-specific return to education is conceptualized as an compound of … determines whether an individual experiences education and a locally stable steady state at which education is determined by …

We propose an innovation-driven growth model in which education is determined by family background and cognitive … ability. We show that compulsory schooling can move a society from elite education to mass education, which then triggers …, compulsory education is implemented first and triggers the onset of market R&D. According to the British way, market R&D is …

public investments in education received by these adults during their schooling. This paper confirms existing evidence that … in primary education is associated with higher numeracy scores for those who went on to continue their education. Higher … investments in tertiary education are needed in order to fully realize the benefit of the investments in primary school. Family …

the introduction of technical education in primary schools. At the same time, the Catholic Church was promoting a … mechanism: more religious areas saw a slower introduction of the technical curriculum and instead a push for religious education …. Religious education, in turn, was negatively associated with industrial development about 10 to15 years later, when school …

zeigen. Kapitel 4 erforscht den Zusammenhang zwischen politischer Bildung in der Schule und dem zivilgesellschaftlichen … Engagement im Erwachsenenalter. Die Analyse zeigt, dass die Einführung von politischer Bildung als eigenständiges Schulfach einen …

This paper employs a cross-country regression to investigate the role of education in the growth of nations. The sample … includes 101 countries over the period from 1980 to 2015. We have found that education, in general, has significant effects on … education, as well as a dummy variable to isolate an East Asian growth effect. The results were generally robust in that the …

: education and work. The objective is to provide a current snapshot of gender inequality across key indicators as well as a …-educated women (those with incomplete secondary education). However, progress has not been equal across all the countries in the …

For most of human history there existed a well-educated and innovative elite whereas mass education, market R&D, and … model for the very long run in which the individual-specific return to education is conceptualized as an compound of … determines whether an individual experiences education and a locally stable steady state at which education is determined by …