While uncertainty abounds in almost any decision on investment in schooling, it is mostly ignored in research and …

We find that over the period 1950–1990, states in United States absorbed increases in the supply of schooling due to … tighter compulsory schooling and child labor laws mostly through within-industry increases in the schooling intensity of … production. Shifts in the industry composition towards more schooling-intensive industries played a less important role. To try …

of schooling of 24 percent which is the increase observed in the data. We find that technological variables and in … attainment. The strong response of schooling to changes in income is informative about the potential role of educational policy …

capital in acquiring multifaceted innovations. We find that general human capital acquired by schooling and specific human …

-founded fertility and schooling behavior. The model explains the historical emergence of R&D-based growth and the subsequent emergence …

setup with micro-founded fertility and schooling behavior. We then show how a Beckerian child quality-quantity trade …