at the very top of the education distribution. We highlight the importance of honors degrees for future labor market …

that one additional year of education has an external wage effect of 2%. However, once a difference specification is …

, overall, education and labor market experience accumulated in the home countries of the immigrants receive significantly lower …

We analyze the causal effect of education on old-age cognitive abilities using German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data … individual reaches in an ultra-short intelligence test. We explain this score, using instrumented education. Instrumental … variable estimation is necessary since on the one hand, schooling is highly affected by cognitive skills (reverse causality …

We assess the relevance of formal education on the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between … employment options. We expect differences in the returns to education between these groups due to different levels of control … of education and non-random selection. The results indicate that the returns to a year of education for opportunity …

This edited volume addresses a critical aspect of development in Africa: the intersection between education and … human resources, in terms of education, can be leveraged in the development process to achieve equity, inclusive development … paradigm to sustainable development in Africa. At a time when concerns over access to quality education is an important issue …