The economic data used in the compilation of the quarterly GDP often becomes available with some delay. This calls for revisions of data concerning quarters that already lie in the past. To provide timely information on the current economic situation first results are calculated from an...

This paper investigates the relationship between economic development and the average level of education as well as the degree of inequality in the distribution of education, respectively. Approaching this question in a dynamic panel over 60 years and 143 countries with a system GMM estimator...

This paper investigates the relationship between the level and the distribution of education and economic development. We contribute to the literature by introducing an interaction term between the education Gini coefficient and average years of schooling. In a dynamic panel over 55 years and...

The persistence of socioeconomic outcomes across generations acts as a barrier to a society’s ability to exploit its resources efficiently. In order to derive policy measures which aim at accelerating intergenerational mobility, we review the existent body of research on the causes, effects...

type="main" <p>This paper investigates the relationship between the level and the distribution of education and economic development. We contribute to the literature by introducing an interaction term between the education Gini coefficient and average years of schooling. In a dynamic panel over 55...</p>