Comprehensive Education Works | (News and Research 335) Comprehensive education works: Finnish reforms of 1970s improved learning outcomes, and promoted equity and growth | 2022 Klein Lecture: Parental Education and Invention: The Finnish Enigma | Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Ari Hyytinen, Otto Toivanen | Why is invention strongly positively correlated with parental income not onlyContinue reading “Comprehensive Education Works”
Weak Growth, High Inflation, and a Cost-of-Living Crisis
Weak Growth, High Inflation, and a Cost-of-Living Crisis | (News and Research 334) Spring 2023 issue of the ECA Economic Update: Weak Growth, High Inflation, and a Cost-of-Living Crisis | Economic growth slowed sharply last year in Europe and Central Asia, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a surge in inflation, and the sharp tightening ofContinue reading “Weak Growth, High Inflation, and a Cost-of-Living Crisis”
Returns to Education Turns 50 Event Replay
Returns to Education Turns 50 Event Replay (News and Research 333) ECA Talk: Returns to Education Turns 50 on March 29, 2023, Event Replay. Watch the discussion from earlier this week reassessing progress made on measuring the benefits of education 50 years after the publication of George Psacharopoulos’ pivotal study Returns to Education. Timestamps forContinue reading “Returns to Education Turns 50 Event Replay”
The Returns to Education
News and Research 332 Returns to Education Turns 50 | March 29, 2023 | 8:30AM-1:15PM EDT New room: MC C2-350 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of the book, Returns to Education: An International Comparison by George Psacharopoulos, the renowned economist, and former World Bank staffer. This event recognizes this milestone and reassessesContinue reading “The Returns to Education”
The Returns to Education Turn 50 (News and Research 331)
The Returns to Education Turn 50 (News and Research 331)
The Returns to Education Turn 50 (News and Research 331) Returns to Education Turns 50 | March 29, 2023 | 8:30AM-1:15PM EDT 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of the book, Returns to Education: An International Comparison by George Psacharopoulos, the renowned economist, and former World Bank staffer. This event recognizes this milestoneContinue reading “The Returns to Education Turn 50 (News and Research 331)”
Education and Climate Change (News and Research 330)
Headline results show that an additional year of education leads to an increase in pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, policy preferences, and green voting
International Women’s Day 2023
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! (News and Research 329) The rate of return to women’s education exceeds that of males by two percentage points. The gap has increased. Education is an excellent investment for women and girls, and a development priority. Human Capital and Climate Change: Human Capital and Climate Change | NBER Working Paper 31000 | AddressingContinue reading “International Women’s Day 2023”
Human Capital and Climate Change
News and Research 328 Human Capital and Climate Change Addressing climate change requires individual behavior change and voter support for pro-climate policies, yet surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. This paper estimates causal effects of additional education on pro-climate outcomes using new compulsory schooling law data across 16 European countries. ItContinue reading “Human Capital and Climate Change”
Computer Assisted Instruction
News and Research 327 The Impact of Computer-Assisted Instruction on Student Performance: Evidence from the Dual-Teacher Program | Findings from an evaluation study of the Dual-Teacher program, a computer-assisted instruction program, that makes lecture videos and other teaching resources from an elite urban middle school available through the internet to schools in poor and remoteContinue reading “Computer Assisted Instruction”
Education, economics and public policy 