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ERIC Number: EJ497463
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0964-5292
Education, Externalities, Fertility and Economic Growth.
Doyle, Christopher; Weale, Martin
Education Economics, v2 n2 p129-67 1994
Surveys efforts to assess rates of return to education in developing countries. Compares estimates based on regression techniques to those produced by direct measurement. Discusses noneconomic effects of education on health and fertility. Examines the links among education, economic growth, and fertility, using a simulation model of overlapping generations in which children offer a means of saving for support in old age. (71 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Economic Impact, Education, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Health, Higher Education, Human Capital, Regression (Statistics)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Rate of Return; Social Costs