Educated people are generally healthier, have fewer comorbidities and live longer than
people with less education,–. Much of the evidence about the effects of education comes …

A Guide to Modern Econometrics, 5th Edition has become established as a highly
successful textbook. It serves as a guide to alternative techniques in econometrics with an …

This paper estimates the effect of education on the success of entrepreneurial activity, using
survey data from Malawi. An instrument variable approach is used to address the …

In this paper, we examine whether longer compulsory schooling has a causal effect on
mental health, exploiting a 1972 reform which raised the minimum school leaving age from …

We examine economic returns to proficiency in English in China using two waves of the
China Labor-Force Dynamics Survey (CLDS). We find positive earnings returns to …

We study the effects of the large expansion in British educational attainment that took place
for cohorts born between 1970 and 1975. Using the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, we find …

This paper analyses different dimensions of skills mismatch (notably 'macro-economic skills
mismatch','skills shortages', and 'on-the-job skills mismatch') and their empirical relationship …

This paper studies the causal effect of education on decision making. In 1972, England
raised its minimum school-leaving age from 15 to 16 for students born after September 1 …

Much evidence suggests that having more education leads to higher earnings in the labor
market. However, there is little evidence about whether having more education causes …

This paper is concerned with the specific question of what official data sources can reveal
about the size and nature of the achievement gap, and how this can inform the design of …