Consider the following facts. In 1950, the richest countries attained an average of 8 years of schooling whereas the … poorest countries 1.3 years, a large 6-fold difference. By 2005, the difference in schooling declined to 2-fold because … schooling increased faster in poor than in rich countries. What explains educational attainment differences across countries and …

schooling whereas the poorest ten-percent of countries attained 1.3 years, a 6-fold difference. By 2005, the difference in … schooling declined to 2-fold. The fact is that schooling has increased faster in poor than in rich countries. What explains … capital accumulation with two novel but important features: non-homotetic preferences and an operating labor supply margin. We …

Consider the following facts. In 1950, the richest countries attained an average of 8 years of schooling whereas the … poorest countries 1.3 years, a large 6-fold difference. By 2005, the difference in schooling declined to 2-fold because … schooling increased faster in poor than in rich countries. What explains educational attainment differences across countries and …

life expectancy has a positive effect on schooling but a negative effect on expected lifetime labor supply. This paper …

This paper investigates the presence of a network externality which might explain the persistence of low schooling … achievements among internal migrants. A simple analytical framework is presented to show how an initial human capital disparity … networks. We test empirically whether young migrants�schooling decisions are affected by the presence of covillagers at …

produced primarily by schooling and (b) schooling is statistically predetermined. But these assumptions may lead to misleading … inferences about impacts of schooling and of pre-schooling and post-schooling experiences on adult cognitive skills. This study … adult (i) reading-comprehension and (ii) nonverbal cognitive skills as dependent on behaviorally-determined pre-schooling …

How much would output increase if underdeveloped economies were to increase their levels of schooling? We contribute to … generated by more schooling. The advantage of our approach is that the upper bound is valid for any number of schooling levels … forms of endogenous technology response to changes in schooling. We also quantify the upper bound for all economies with the …

How much would output increase if underdeveloped economies were to increase their levels of schooling? We contribute to … generated by more schooling. The advantage of our approach is that the upper bound is valid for any number of schooling levels … forms of endogenous technology response to changes in schooling. We also quantify the upper bound for all economies with the …

Consider the following facts. In 1950, the richest countries attained an average of 8 years of schooling whereas the … poorest countries 1.3 years, a large 6-fold difference. By 2005, the difference in schooling declined to 2-fold because … schooling increased faster in poor than in rich countries. What explains educational attainment differences across countries and …