authors use also partner's education to take into account the family dimension. Furthermore, in the context of fertility, zero … her fertility rate in the Italian case. In those frameworks, the education variable is usually considered as a control … children in Italy, where a very low fertility rate may be observed. Design/methodology/approach – Since the number of children …

Mankiw, Romer, and Weil's model which considers human capital in the forms of both health and education for a group of East … comparison purposes. Findings – The impact of the stock of health and education on economic growth is statistically significant … for both the whole sample and sub‐sample period. However, the impact of investment in education on economic growth is a …

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to visualize the relation between government spending on basic education … education, and on economic growth. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses an overlapping‐generations model where the … government tax the adult generation and spent it in basic education of the next generations. Findings – It was demonstrated that …

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate whether the institution attended or type of course taken in further education … through further education colleges. There are further significant gains in the probability of educational success for young …‐compulsory education are subsequently most likely to enter higher education; a result relevant to policy, since the aim of the Education …

entrepreneurship, immigration and education. In contrast to studies that report on immigration and entrepreneurship in a region or … single country, the authors seek to determine whether levels of immigration, and the level of education obtained by the … immigration and education level on entrepreneurial activity using regression analysis. Findings – The stock of immigrants in a …

The paper seeks to separate the signalling effect of education on first entry into the labour market and the long … the signalling component of education. Thus it is assumed, first, that highly educated young people are more likely to be … and career opportunities. Lastly, it is assumed that returns to professional experience and education are likely to be …

estimate rates of return to education across occupational categories in the US labor market. The wage model employed is based …

source of both theoretical and empirical debate. This paper seeks to provide empirical evidence on the returns to education …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the gender specific private returns on education (RE) in Europe in a … have aims which are beyond the scope of this paper, for instance to increase fertility. From this viewpoint, the small …