higher levels of education (there are 30 times as many schools offering grade 1 than grade 12) and receives education of a …

the vast majority of countries. Third, in many countries with low levels of education for both men and women in 1960 … better. Fourth, gender gaps rarely persist in countries where boys attain high levels of education. Most countries with large … education than men in some regions of the world. Although gender gaps in educational attainment are diminishing in most …

We analyze the emergence of large-scale education systems in a framework where growth is associated with changes in the … to finance the education of credit-constrained workers. Contrary to previous work, in our model this incentive does not … extensive public education system and developed a sophisticated service sector before starting significant manufacturing …

are still lagging behind in important human development goals such as education, health, nutrition and access to clean …