This paper surveys the empirical and theoretical link between education and growth in the growth process of Asian … countries. Particular attention is paid to the link between education and productivity, and to models that characterize key … education. …

defined by optimal policy for secondary education, which has resulted in a rapid increase in average years of schooling since … dramatic augmentation of working population with vocational education relative to general education. This is consistent with … the recent literature, which argues that the ratio of vocational-to-general education tends to be higher in middle …

This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A … nutritional advantage - and schooling outcomes to make inferences about the relationships between specific aspects of economic … growth and schooling investments and returns. Using data from two surveys of twins in the People's Republic of China and …

education and associated years of schooling have expanded substantially in developing countries in recent years. But has this … schooling years. We find great heterogeneity in the distribution of progress of education, with very little pro-poor progress in … improvements in the access to the education system and in educational outcomes across the welfare distribution between and within …