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of schooling on income and GDP growth. Much microeconometric evidence suggest that education is an important causal … determinant of income for individuals within countries. At a national level, however, recent studies have found that increases in … effect of changes in educational attainment on income growth in cross-country data is at least as great as microeconometric …
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Many economists and educators of diverse political beliefs favor public support for education on the premise that a more educated electorate enhances the quality of democracy. While some earlier studies document an association between schooling and citizenship, little attempt has been made to...
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Many North American college students have trouble satisfying degree requirements in a timely manner. This paper reports … treatment group combined both interventions. Service take-up rates were much higher for women than for men and for students …
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an attempt to determine who benefits from college. Despite the tremendous heterogeneity across potential college students …
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High school students from disadvantaged high schools in Toronto were invited to take two surveys, about three weeks … apart. Half of the students taking the first survey were also shown a 3 minute video about the benefits of post secondary … education (PSE) and invited to try out a financial-aid calculator. Most students' perceived returns to PSE were high, even among …
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, second we use a variety of measures of infant health, and finally we track children through their schooling years and into …
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