What Explains Schooling Differences Across Countries?
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This paper provides a theory that explains the cross-country distribution of average years of schooling, as well as the so called human capital premium puzzle. In our theory, credit frictions as well as differences in access to public education, fertility and mortality turn out to be the key reasons why schooling differs across countries. Differences in growth rates and in wages are second order.Download Info
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Keywords: human capital; per capita income differences; life expectancy; public education spending; life cycle model;Other versions of this item:
- Cordoba, Juan Carlos & Ripoll, Marla, 2013. "What explains schooling differences across countries?," Staff General Research Papers 36066, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
- I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- O11 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:
- NEP-ALL-2011-11-07 (All new papers)
- NEP-DGE-2011-11-07 (Dynamic General Equilibrium)
- NEP-EDU-2011-11-07 (Education)
- NEP-HRM-2011-11-07 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2011-11-07 (Labour Economics)
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