Numerous empirical studies from developing countries have noted that parental education has a robust and positive effect on child learning, a result that is often attributed to more educated parents making greater investments in their children's human capital. However, the nature of any such investment has not been well understood. This study examines how parental education affects various pare...

It is widely argued that declining fertility slows the pace of economic growth in industrialized countries through its negative effect on labor supply. There are, however, theoretical arguments suggesting that the effect of falling fertility on effective labor supply can be offset by associated behavioral changes. We formalize these arguments by setting forth a dynamic consumer optimization mod...

This study examines the effects of English training abroad (hereafter ETA) on labor market outcomes in South Korea. ETA has become increasingly popular in many non-English speaking countries and refers to short-term language study training abroad where students spend anywhere from 6 months to 2 years taking language courses at an educational institutions. In this article, I conduct survival ana...

This paper develops a search and matching model where firms workers are allowed to form matches (jobs) that can be formal or informal. Workers optimally choose the level of schooling acquired before entering labor market whether for job as unemployed self-employed. Firms decide formality status bargain with over wages. The resulting equilibrium size informal sector is an endogenous function par...

Gender changes in the workplace during the transition from central planning are analyzed using household survey data from the Kyrgyz Republic. As the labor market became more market-driven between 1993 and 1997, mean differences by gender in labor force participation (LFP), monthly compensation and hourly wage all narrowed. We also observe gender differences in educational attainment, labor for...

Adequacy of educational background to professional situation is a subject that emerges whenever the theme of graduates’ professional transition is approached. This paper intends to analyze the professional situations of Portuguese higher education degree holders five years after they attained their degree, in light of questions related to professional transition. We examine the relationship bet...

Despite the recent increase in educational investment, Spain still ranks towards the bottom of the OECD country list for the level of its human capital stock and the new inflow of high school graduates. We address this issue by investigating the impact of family characteristics and local labor market conditions on the demand for post-compulsory education. We find clear evidence of a positive ef...