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The importance of human capital to the economic performance of a national, regional or local economy is now well established. Labour markets are thought to reward individuals in proportion to their marginal productivity and to encourage an efficient allocation of skilled workers. However, labour...
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particular towards improving the education and training of people throughout the life cycle. Similarly, in the perspective of …
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Household Panel Study. Mother’s education is found to be a very powerful predictor of their children’s educational attainments … men moderately, but the effects on young women’s education are small. Part, if not all, of this negative effect of living …
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This paper examines the causal relationships between human capital (Education, and Health) and Economic growth for the …-VAR investigations show bi-directional causality between Education and Health. Causality also exists from Education to Economic growth … show that the long-run dynamics of growth are slightly explained by past health and education level, and the health level …
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parents invest in early and college education of their children subject to borrowing constraints. Children differ exogenously … environment is that the quality of early education determines the probability of college completion. We calibrate a stationary … in earnings are accounted for by endogenous investments in education. We find that early investments in education account …
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parents invest in early and college education of their children subject to borrowing constraints. Children differ exogenously … is that the quality of early education determines the probability of college completion. We calibrate a stationary … in earnings are accounted for by endogenous investments in education. We find that early investments in education account …
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Transition economies have an initial condition of high human capital relative to GDP per capita. But they will not necessarily realize their latent high growth potential. In the model, at a good equilibrium a large number of children of well-educated parents take advantage of their family...
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This study argues that the regions classified by the World Bank are not coherent in terms of economic structures. The special identities within each region dictate that the economic performance in different sub-regions should be determined independently. Embracing Barro’s (1991) regional...
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An emerging economic literature over the past decade has made use of international tests of educational achievement to analyze the determinants and impacts of cognitive skills. The cross-country comparative approach provides a number of unique advantages over national studies: It can exploit...
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Tracking refers to the practice of dividing students by ability or achievement. Students may be tracked within schools by placing them into different classrooms based on achievement, which is the typical practice in countries such as the United States or Canada. Alternatively, students could be...
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