this trend? We develop a model of schooling decisions in order to assess the quantitative contribution of technological … attainment. In particular, a calibrated version of the model generates an increase in average years of schooling of 48 percent … relevant variations in the model and is consistent with empirical estimates of the long-run income elasticity of schooling. We …

mortality and population growth rates can generate large variability in schooling decisions, earnings profiles and measures of …

reduced poverty are closely associated with improvements in a population's child nutrition, adult health, and schooling …

probabilities always induce longer schooling and later retirement but have an ambiguous effect on growth. The relationship between …

intergenerational contracts governing investments in schooling and payments of pensions in the form of remittances. We show, using …, determine both the household's investment in schooling and the probability that it receives remittances from migrants. This is … prospects of social control over migrants, influence current investments in schooling. …

Do the short and medium term adjustment costs associated with trade liberalization influence schooling and child labor … experienced a dramatic increase in schooling and decline in child labor. However, communities that relied heavily on employment in … protected industries before liberalization do not experience as large an increase in schooling or decline in child labor. The …

Lack of primary schooling among rural children in developing countries is often attributed to credit constraints and … household demand for child labour, implying that direct and indirect costs of schooling are high. Surprisingly few studies have … implications allow me to test whether it is the need for diversification or the costs of schooling that dominate the human capital …

This paper develops a theoretical model of optimal schooling levels where ability and family background are the central … explanatory variables. We derive schooling demand and supply functions based on individual wealth maximization. Using NLSY79 data … on schooling and ability alone) corresponds to 13 FTE years of work experience yielding on average a rate of return of 9 …