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Human Capital Quality and Aggregate Income Differences: Development Accounting for U.S. States
Hanushek, Eric A.; 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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Human Capital Quality and Aggregate Income Differences: Development Accounting for U.S. States
Hanushek, Eric A.; 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307361
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From pensions to pupils? Schooling, resource constraints and old age pensions in Ireland 1901-11
Heaney, Tiarnán - 2024
that when poverty constrains schooling, unconditional cash transfers amplify a household's demand for education by reducing … the opportunity costs of schooling. …
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From wells to wealth? Government transfers and human capital
Acuna, Julio; Balza, Lenin H.; Gomez-Parra, Nicolas - 2022
law in Ecuador that transfers resources to municipalities regardless of their oil-producing status. We find that royalties …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014518166
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An empirical investigation of socio-economic impacts of agglomeration economies in major cities of Punjab, Pakistan
Ghafoor, Naghmana; Fayyaz, Sana; Nisa, Mehrun; Akbar, … - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 9 (2021) 1, pp. 1-23
Agglomeration economies are the external benefits earned from clustering of industries and people in cities. The study assumes unbridled clustering of population in emerging urban agglomerations turning economies into diseconomies. This study empirically investigates the heterogeneous...
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Inequality in Internet Access in India: Implications for Learning during COVID
Datta, Sandip; Kingdon, Geeta G. - 2022
During COVID school closures, learning become mostly restricted to young people who had internet access at home. This paper examines internet access in India using National Sample Survey 2017-18. It probes the extent of inequality in young people's internet access across gender, caste, religion,...
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The impact of body mass index on growth, schooling, productivity, and savings: A cross-country study
Tansel, Aysit; Öztürk, Ceyhan; Erdil, Erkan - 2021
of cognitive ability. The growth indicators utilized are GDP per capita, schooling, overall and manufacturing …
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Impact of the right to education on school enrolment of children with disabilities: Evidence from India
Varghese, Vinitha Rachel - 2022
cent increase in schooling among children with disabilities within three years. The estimate is driven by enrolment across …
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Empowering Women: The Effect of Schooling on Young Women's Knowledge and Use of Contraception
Andalón, Mabel; Williams, Jenny; Grossman, Michael - 2014
Large differences in fertility between women with high and low levels of education suggest that schooling may have a … to identify the causal effect of schooling, we exploit temporal and geographic variation in the number of lower secondary … females' schooling beyond 6th grade increases their knowledge of contraception during their reproductive years and increases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333255
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Manufacturing Growth and the Lives of Bangladeshi Women
Heath, Rachel; Mobarak, A. Mushfiq - 2014
educational attainment compared to a large-scale government conditional cash transfer program to encourage female schooling. …
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