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We show that a calibrated dynamic skill accumulation model allowing for comparative advantages, can explain the weak (or negative) effects of schooling on productivity that have been recently reported (i) in the micro literature on compulsory schooling, ii) in the micro literature on estimating...
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—affects the quantity and quality of international students. Extension benefits not only include extended work duration, but also … effects on the number of students matriculating into U.S. higher education, and also increases in the quality of students, as …
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benefits from investing in education. The results suggest that the effect of an increase in parental income on educational … attainment is modest. For example, a 25 percent increase in parental income is predicted to increase post-secondary education … (PSE) attendance by one percent only. However, our results indicate that financial resources, other than parental income …
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family background is closely related to educational attainment of white children of immigrants in both countries. Moreover … between children of immigrants and children of natives.Results from counterfactual simulations suggest that incentive …
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In this paper, we focus on the use of remittances to school children remaining in migrant communities in Haiti. After … addressing the endogeneity of remittance receipt, we find that remittances raise school attendance for all children in some … effect among children living in households that do not experience any family out-migration. Our finding underscores the …
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