training. The theoretical intuition on the impact of wage floors on education is ambiguous. On the one hand, they raise the … opportunity cost of education and prevent further skill accumulation. On the other hand, they lower the employment probability of … workers declines which lowers the opportunity cost of education. High requirements with regard to professional skills …

Child care and education are important inputs in the human capital production function. The research of Nobel prize … inputs, in short: skill begets skill. Therefore, it is crucial for a society to know how the public education system can … on the effects of some important aspects of education policies. It comprises an introduction and four core chapters which …

effect of the policy on educational attainment. With recent data on eight cohorts exposed to free education, we analyze the … likelihood of primary school completion. We find some weak evidence that the likelihood of those who completed primary education …

Education yields substantial non-monetary benefits, but the size of these gains is still debated. Previous studies, for … example, report contradictory effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality - ranging from zero to large … compulsory education both in the shorter and longer run. In contrast, compulsory schooling reforms have little or no effect on …