increasing in male primary earner s income, and in most specifications in female primary earner s income. Higher education of …

the vast majority of countries. Third, in many countries with low levels of education for both men and women in 1960 … better. Fourth, gender gaps rarely persist in countries where boys attain high levels of education. Most countries with large … education than men in some regions of the world. Although gender gaps in educational attainment are diminishing in most …

education decisions. We identify bilateral migration costs and their legal component for each pair of countries and two classes …

education decisions. We identify bilateral migration costs and their legal component for each pair of countries and two classes …

this paper is that if there are low chances of obtaining professional (requires tertiary schooling) jobs in the host … choose the non-professional education track. Those who might have otherwise pursued higher, professional education may forgo … that schooling. The theory developed here explains the forsaken schooling phenomenon, which shows that low-skilled and …

integration possibilities. It brings together three strands of literature dealing with the neoclassical economic assimilation …

that runs against the intuition that family ties weaken self-selection. Secondary earners in couples are more weakly self …