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also provides a novel microfoundation for peer effects, with empirical implications for welfare and different education …
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calibrated version we and that education always increases if life expectancy rises but the effect on the capital stock is still … potentially offsetting effects at work in models with endogenous education and overlapping generations which is key for …
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Education is argued to be an important driver of the decision to start a business. The measurement of its influence … US. Theeffect of education on the decision to become self-employed is found to be strongly positive,much higher than the … estimated effect in case no instrumental variables are used. That is, thehigher the respondent's level of education, the greater …
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where workers obtain their own set of suitable and unsuitable high-skilled labor tasks by receiving education. Under a … rational expectation, they receive education. We show that as a consequence of the increased automation of high-skilled tasks …
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This chapter explores the effects of education on nonmarket outcomes from both theoretical and empirical perspectives …-being reflected by their health and cognitive development. They are distinguished from the labor market outcomes of education in terms … of higher earnings and wage rates. The focus is on identifying causal effects of education and on mechanisms via which …
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This review describes the research frontier on human capital and education in economics research. It delineates what is … aims. First, it draws out the implications for key education policy issues, highlighting which policy ideas can be …
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the costs of child education: from time costs to monetary costs …
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I propose a model in which credentials, such as diplomas, are intrinsically valuable; a situation described as credentialism. The model overcomes an important criticism of signalling models by mechanically tying a worker’s wages to their productivity. A worker’s productivity is influenced by...
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aftermath since returns to education diminish. Even more importantly, the impact of acquired noncognitive skills on various …
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