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Do higher levels of education and skills in an area benefit wider society?

Winters, John V. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may … exceed individual benefits. Research finds that increased average education levels in an area are correlated with higher … earnings, even for locals with relatively little education. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates …

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Do higher levels of education and skills in an area benefit wider society?

Winters, John V. - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)

Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may … exceed individual benefits. Research finds that higher average education levels in an area are correlated with higher … earnings, even for local residents with minimal education. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates …

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Do higher levels of education and skills in an area benefit wider society?

Winters, John V. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015) March, pp. 1-10

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Adult literacy programs in developing countries

Blunch, Niels-Hugo - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)

In addition to the traditional education system targeting children and youth, one potentially important vehicle to …

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What is the economic value of literacy and numeracy?

Vignoles, Anna - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

Even in OECD countries, where an increasing proportion of the workforce has a university degree, the value of basic skills in literacy and numeracy remains high. Indeed, in some countries the return for such skills, in the form of higher wages, is sufficiently large to suggest that they are in...

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What is the economic value of literacy and numeracy?

Cherry, M. Gemma; Vignoles, Anna - In: IZA World of Labor (2020)

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Intergenerational return to human capital

Devereux, Paul J. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One … essential aspect is that education may make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment outcomes of … inequality in current and future generations. In addition to purely formal education, much less expensive interventions to …

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Smart policy toward high-skill emigrants

Clemens, Michael A. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

Immigration officials in rich countries are being asked to become overseas development officials, charged with preventing skilled workers from leaving poor countries, where their skills are needed. Some advocates urge restrictions or taxes on the emigration of doctors and engineers from...

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Is teacher certification an effective tool for developing countries?

Pugatch, Todd - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)

Teachers are perhaps the most important determinant of education quality. But what makes a teacher effective …

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Fighting employment informality with schooling

Soares, Rodrigo R.; Haanwinckel, Daniel - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)

Developing countries have long been struggling to fight informality, focusing on instruments such as labor legislation enforcement, temporary contracts, and changes in taxes imposed on small firms. However, improvements in the labor force’s schooling and skill level may be more effective in...

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