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Why Do We Ignore the Risk in Schooling Decisions?

Hartog, Joop; Diaz-Serrano, Luis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

While uncertainty abounds in almost any decision on investment in schooling, it is mostly ignored in research and …

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Are Returns to Education on the Decline in Venezuela and Does Mission Sucre Have a Role to Play?

Gonzales, Naihobe; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

There is anecdotal evidence that the standard of living for the educated has fallen in Venezuela over the last few years. This evidence comes as a surprise because after experiencing an economic downturn in 2002 and 2003, Venezuela's economy has boomed (gross domestic product growth has hovered...

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A Human Capital Model of the Effects of Abilities and Family Background on Optimal Schooling Levels

Regan, Tracy L.; Burghardt, Galen; Oaxaca, Ronald L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper develops a theoretical model of optimal schooling levels where ability and family background are the central … explanatory variables. We derive schooling demand and supply functions based on individual wealth maximization. Using NLSY79 data … on schooling and ability alone) corresponds to 13 FTE years of work experience yielding on average a rate of return of 9 …

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Child Labor

Edmonds, Eric V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

children participate, focusing on that work's impact on schooling, health, as well as externalities associated with that work …, family interactions, the net return to schooling, and poverty. Section 5 discusses the limited evidence on different policy …

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Africa’s Education Enigma? The Nigerian Story

Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth Osarenti Oyelere nee Uwaifo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

schooling between 1997 and 1999). Surprisingly, I find no significant differences between OLS and IV estimates of returns to …

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The Complementarity of Language and Other Human Capital: Immigrant Earnings in Canada

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Census. Earnings are shown to increase with schooling, pre-immigration experience and duration in Canada, as well as with … complementarity between language skills and both schooling and pre-immigration experience. That is, greater proficiency in the … official languages enhances the effects on earnings of schooling and pre-immigration labor market experience. Language …

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Schooling, Literacy, Numeracy and Labor Market Success

Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper uses data from the 1996 Australian Survey of Aspects of Literacy to examine the effects on labour market outcomes of literacy, numeracy and educational attainment. The survey includes a range of literacy and numeracy variables that are highly inter-correlated. A "general to specific"...

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The Impact of Armed Conflict on Economic Performance: Evidence from Rwanda

Serneels, Pieter; Verpoorten, Marijke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Important gaps remain in the understanding of the economic consequences of civil war. Focusing on the conflict in Rwanda in the early 90s, and using micro data to carry out econometric analysis, this paper finds that households and localities that experienced more intense conflict are lagging...

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Women’s Liberation: What’s in It for Men?

Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michèle - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

The nineteenth century witnessed dramatic improvements in the legal rights of married women. Given that these changes took place long before women gained the right to vote, they amounted to a voluntary renouncement of power by men. In this paper, we investigate men’s incentives for sharing...

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Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Regional Inequality in China

Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Zhao, Min Qiang - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth patterns can be understood as a function of several interrelated factors, which include investment in physical capital, human capital, and infrastructure capital; the infusion...

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