Add to ORKGThe article focuses on the conditional relationship between various human capital proxies and the size of potential “O-Ring” or “Cobb-Douglas” sectors. We find that that years of schooling are a robust negative predictor of the size of the informal sector, conditioned on national average test scores, suggests that the signaling and acculturation mechanisms of schooling may help shift potentially productive workers into the formal economy
The paper empirically examines the internationalization-output nexus in 15 lateindustrialized countr...
Why do some countries industrialize later than others? Recent literature suggests that the prime rea...
This paper studies how trade openness affects welfare through changes in workers’ skill acquisition....
The article focuses on the conditional relationship between various human capital proxies and the si...
To explain differences in output per worker across countries, the authors test for the workings of a...
This paper presents evidence that students’ test scores at ages 9 to 15 are not a good proxy for a n...
Empirical studies assume that the macro Mincer return on schooling is con- stant across countries. U...
Differences in human capital explain approximately one-half of the productivity variation across cou...
The stylized literature on foreign direct investment (FDI) suggests that developing countries should...
Jones (2014) examines development accounting with imperfect substitutability between different types...
Students’ test scores at ages 9 to 15 are a measure of their skills as workers five to 55 years late...
Empirical studies assume that the macro Mincer return on schooling is con- stant across countries. U...
Why do some countries industrialize later than others? Recent literature suggests that the prime rea...
This document is a report prepared for the DG for Employment and Social Affairs of the European Comm...
This chapter reviews the stylized facts regarding the distribution of human capital investments and ...
The paper empirically examines the internationalization-output nexus in 15 lateindustrialized countr...
Why do some countries industrialize later than others? Recent literature suggests that the prime rea...
This paper studies how trade openness affects welfare through changes in workers’ skill acquisition....
The article focuses on the conditional relationship between various human capital proxies and the si...
To explain differences in output per worker across countries, the authors test for the workings of a...
This paper presents evidence that students’ test scores at ages 9 to 15 are not a good proxy for a n...
Empirical studies assume that the macro Mincer return on schooling is con- stant across countries. U...
Differences in human capital explain approximately one-half of the productivity variation across cou...
The stylized literature on foreign direct investment (FDI) suggests that developing countries should...
Jones (2014) examines development accounting with imperfect substitutability between different types...
Students’ test scores at ages 9 to 15 are a measure of their skills as workers five to 55 years late...
Empirical studies assume that the macro Mincer return on schooling is con- stant across countries. U...
Why do some countries industrialize later than others? Recent literature suggests that the prime rea...
This document is a report prepared for the DG for Employment and Social Affairs of the European Comm...
This chapter reviews the stylized facts regarding the distribution of human capital investments and ...
The paper empirically examines the internationalization-output nexus in 15 lateindustrialized countr...
Why do some countries industrialize later than others? Recent literature suggests that the prime rea...
This paper studies how trade openness affects welfare through changes in workers’ skill acquisition....