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Human Capital and Externalities in Cities
Ciccone, Antonio; Peri, Giovanni - 2000
We combine growth theory with US Census data on individual schooling and wages to estimate the aggregate return to human capital and human capital externalities in cities. Our estimates imply that a one-year increase in average schooling in cities increases their aggregate labor productivity by...
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Estimating the external returns to education : evidence from China
Fan, Wen; Ma, Yuanyuan; Wang, Liming - 2015
Using longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we examine how individual wages change in line with the share of college graduates in a given province. The individual fixed effect model shows that the external returns to education in China appear to be zero. We estimate an...
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The quantity and quality of teachers : a dynamic trade-off
Gilpin, Gregory; Kaganovič, Michail I. - 2009
We study the dynamics of the quantity and quality of teachers in the framework of dynamic general equilibrium OLG model. The quantity and quality are jointly set by a government agency wishing to maximize the quality of basic education per student while being bound by teachers’ collective...
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How much do educational outcomes matter in OECD countries?
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
Existing growth research provides little explanation for the very large differences in long-run growth performance across OECD countries. We show that cognitive skills can account for growth differences within the OECD, whereas a range of economic institutions and quantitative measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009315299
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How Much Do Educational Outcomes Matter in OECD Countries?
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2011
Existing growth research provides little explanation for the very large differences in long-run growth performance across OECD countries. We show that cognitive skills can account for growth differences within the OECD, whereas a range of economic institutions and quantitative measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131931
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Generating economic growth : an analytical survey
Thompson, Maria - In: The open economics journal 1 (2008), pp. 25-36
The theoretical richness and variety of the new growth literature can make it difficult to capture the essence of growth models. With this paper, we wish to provide one possible integrating view of the nature of the growth generating processes. Revisiting the models that constitute the core of...
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The Medium Run Effects of Education Expansion : Evidence from A Large School Construction Program in Indonesia
Duflo, Esther - 2003
This paper studies the medium run consequences of an increase in the rate of accumulation of human capital in a developing country. From 1974 to 1978, the Indonesian government built over 61,000 primary schools. The school construction program led to an increase in education among individuals...
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North-South trade liberalization and returns to skill in the south : the case of Mexico
Hazarika, Gautam (contributor); Otero, Rafael (contributor) - 2008
This study examines the effect of NAFTA, an instance of North-South trade liberalization, on returns to skill in Mexico …. Mexico is abundant in low-skill workers relative to the US and Canada, and so, by the Hecksher-Ohlin-Samuelson trade model …, NAFTA ought to have raised the relative earnings of low-skill workers, that is, lowered returns to skill in Mexico. Analysis …
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Inequality and heterogeneous returns to education in Mexico (1992 - 2002)
Mehta, Aashish (contributor);  … - 2005
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Essays on inequality and education
Borraz, Fernando Miguel - 2004
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