Education and Work

Autor: Philip A. Trostel, Ian Walker
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Education Economics. 14:377-399
ISSN: 1469-5782
0964-5292
DOI: 10.1080/09645290600854094
Popis: This paper examines the relationship between the incentives to work and to invest in human capital through education in a lifecycle optimizing model. These incentives are shown to be mutually reinforcing in a simple stylized model. This theoretical prediction is investigated empirically using three large micro datasets covering a broad range of countries. As one might expect, education and work are strongly positively correlated. This correlation has important implications for models of fiscal policy and economic growth. It also has important implications for the estimation of labor supply and the rate of return to education.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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