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Population sorting and human capital accumulation

Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2021

-region growth model with endogenous fertility, in which public knowledge spillovers from the more advanced core into children …

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Human capital quality and aggregate income differences : development accounting for US states

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015

Although many U.S. state policies presume that human capital is important for state economic development, there is little research linking better education to state incomes. In a complement to international studies of income differences, we investigate the extent to which quality-adjusted...

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The complementary between technology and human capital in the early phase of industrialization

Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded - 2015 - This Version: July 21st, 2015

The research explores the effect of industrialization on human capital formation. Exploiting exogenous regional variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study establishes that in contrast to conventional wisdom that views early industrialization as a predominantly...

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The contribution of human capital and its policies to per capita income in Europe and the OECD

Égert, Balázs; Botev, Jarmila; Turner, David - 2020

This paper studies empirically the effect of education policies on human capital and per capita income. The results suggest for European and OECD countries that higher attendance at pre-primary education, greater autonomy of schools and universities, a lower student-to-teacher ratio, higher age...

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Impact of colonial institutions on economic growth and development in India : evidence from night lights data

Jha, Priyaranjan; Talathi, Karan - 2021

We study the implications of two historical institutions, direct British rule, and the heterogeneous land tenure institutions implemented by the British, on disparity in present day development using district level data from India. Using nightlights per capita as a proxy for district level per...

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Spotlight on spatial environmental policy spillovers : an econometric analysis of wastewater treatment in Mexican municipalities

Hecker, Lutz Philip; Wätzold, Frank; Markwardt, Gunther - 2018

. We examine the existence of such environmental spatial policy spillovers using the example of wastewater treatment in … Mexico. However, wastewater treatment levels also differ greatly among the 2,456 Mexican municipalities. We apply spatial …. Consequently, they may often rely on learning spillovers from nearby success cases. We recommend to implement environmental pilot …

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When the minimum wage really bites hard : impact on top earners and skill supply

Gregory, Terry; Zierahn-Weilage, Ulrich - 2020

We investigate minimum wage spillovers by exploiting the first-time introduction of a minimum wage within a quasi …-experiment in a context with an extraordinary large bite: the German roofing industry. We find positive wage spillovers for medium … theoretical model according to which negative spillovers occur whenever a negative scale effect dominates a positive substitution …

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Local human capital externalities : an overlapping generation model and some evidence on experience premia

Peri, Giovanni - 1999

paper I develop an overlapping generation model where on the job learning, via local spillovers and local interactions, is …

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Setting a good example? : examining sibling spillovers in educational achievement using a regression discontinuity design

Karbownik, Krzysztof; Özek, Umut - 2019

We identify externalities in human capital production function arising from sibling spillovers. Using regression … child in more affluent families. These results are consistent with direct spillovers dominating in economically …

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Religion and growth

Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023

We use the elements of a macroeconomic production function-physical capital, human capital, labor, and technology-together with standard growth models to frame the role of religion in economic growth. Unifying a growing literature, we argue that religion can enhance or impinge upon economic...

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