Nations can vary greatly in their wealth, democratic rights and the wellbeing of their citizens. These gaps are often obvious, and by studying the flow of immigration one can easily predict people's wants and needs. But why are there also large differences in the level of educat…
Nations can vary greatly in their wealth, democratic rights and the wellbeing of their citizens. These gaps are often obvious, and by studying the flow of immigration one can easily predict people's wants and needs. But why are there also large differences in the level of educat…
This book makes an important contribution to the history of household labour relations in two contrasting societies. It deserves a wide readership.' -Anne Booth, SOAS University of London, UK 'By exploring how colonialism affected women's work in the Dutch Empire this carefully …
'This book makes an important contribution to the history of household labour relations in two contrasting societies. It deserves a wide readership.' --Anne Booth, SOAS University of London, UK 'By exploring how colonialism affected women's work in the Dutch Empire this carefull…
'This book makes an important contribution to the history of household labour relations in two contrasting societies. It deserves a wide readership.' --Anne Booth, SOAS University of London, UK 'By exploring how colonialism affected women's work in the Dutch Empire this carefull…
'This book makes an important contribution to the history of household labour relations in two contrasting societies. It deserves a wide readership. --Anne Booth, SOAS University of London, UK 'By exploring how colonialism affected womens work in the Dutch Empire this carefully …
Good education changes lives. It is therefore unsurprising that improved schooling plays a central part in most development strategies. At the same time, the expansion of school attainment alone is not sufficient to guarantee improved welfare. This open access book focuses on on…
Good education changes lives. It is therefore unsurprising that improved schooling plays a central part in most development strategies. At the same time, the expansion of school attainment alone is not sufficient to guarantee improved welfare. This open access book focuses on on…
This book offers an intellectual history of the libertarian case for markets in education. Currie-Knight tracks the diverse and evolving arguments libertarians have made, with each chapter devoted to a different libertarian thinker, their reasoning and their impact. What are the…
This book offers an intellectual history of the libertarian case for markets in education. Currie-Knight tracks the diverse and evolving arguments libertarians have made, with each chapter devoted to a different libertarian thinker, their reasoning and their impact. What are the…
This open access methodological book summarises existing analysing techniques using data from PIAAC, a study initiated by the OECD that assesses key cognitive and occupational skills of the adult population in more than 40 countries. The approximately 65 PIAAC datasets that has …
This dissertation consists of three essays on public policy related to renewable energy, economic growth and tax policy. Each chapter is implemented with a different econometric method to investigate the policy question of interest. The first chapter studies the effect of renewa…
In this dissertation I present three papers, each as an individual chapter. The first two papers are in the field of development economics, while the third paper is in the field of education economics. The first two chapters document and study the disappearance of arranged marri…