We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality … ability. Conditional survival differences across those having finished just primary school and those entering secondary … education are still substantial, and amount to a 4 years gain in life expectancy, on average. …

Contents of the report are as follows: East Asia education study tour: an overview of key insights by Birger Fredriksen …, and Tan Jee Peng. Education in Africa: knowledge makes the difference by Mamadou Ndoye. Education in Singapore …: developments since 1965 by Goh Chor Boon, and S. Gopinathan. Education in Vietnam: development history, challenges, and solutions …

Human capital obtained through education has been shown to be one of the strongest drivers of entrepreneurship …. The value of other input factors, such as (knowledge) capital and labor is likely to be affected by the education level of … the possible stakeholders in the entrepreneur’s venture. The education distribution of the (local) population may thus …