This thesis lies at the intersection of two broad themes in economics: education and identity. Education is a primary tool for building human capital in economies. It has been recognised as the driver of economic prosperity via research and innovation (Barro 2001; Aghion et al. …
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Migration is a basic adaptation method to inhospitable environments and has large economic consequences for the migrants themselves and for the economy as a whole. I create new datasets using individual-level census data and county-level drought conditions to study how the worst…
This dissertation combines three essays studying the relationship between fertility decisions and labor market inequality. The first chapter studies the effect of providing abortions for free on women's fertility decisions and career outcomes. The second chapter looks at the imp…
This dissertation contains three chapters that study individuals' willingness to work, factors that influence their human capital development, and the interaction between their human capital investment decisions and labor supply.
This dissertation leverages different natural experiments in History that altered material conditions in childhood and studies the long term impacts of these changes.
Social mobility for girls born into poverty in Peoria, Illinois, seems nearly impossible. The social genome model suggests five strong starts and ten dimensions for children to achieve middle-class status. The dimensions are difficult and, in most cases, impossible for children …
In this thesis, I explore the interactions between human capital and migration in multiple historical contexts. In chapter 1, I examine persistent human capital spillovers in rural China caused by a mass migration policy. Between 1962 and 1980, the Chinese government relocated a…
Two unique contributions to economic literature are a method to measure faith validly from non-religious World Bank survey data and the robust inclusion of this faith variable in a standard Mincer model of returns to human capital. Behrman and Deolalikar found returns to schooli…
It is generally accepted that a more educated workforce can provide more economic growth. However, the extent to which personal benefits outweigh the social benefits of higher education has become not only an economic issue, but also a political issue. Voicing screening sympathi…
In recent years, a research consensus has coalesced around the notion that human capital development and an efficient public service are critically important determinants of societal transformation, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, there is no similarly wide agre…
In 1992, the Government of Botswana appointed a National Commission to review the education system and advise how it could promote human resource development to address the country’s socio-economic challenges. The Commission identified the need to diversify the labour market and…
This research examines the political geographies of Palestinian children, and the ways in which their everyday spaces and practices are shaped by broader social and political processes. This research begins with an investigation into the role of the child in the moral geopolitic…
This research is an exploration of the extent to which formal vocational education in the domestic trades (catering and dressmaking) for women in Ghana leads to sustainable self-employment in the urban informal sector (UIS) in Accra. The research adopts a qualitative methodologi…
This thesis examines the role of human capital in the growth and convergence of the Iberian countries. Using a newly computed series for human capital at the NUTS III level for the Portuguese regions, the comparison between Portugal and Spain suggests a positive role for human c…
This thesis provides both theoretical and empirical evidence to identify why the effect of human capital on economic growth differs across countries. Chapter 1 provides a theoretical explanation of the weak effects of human capital on economic growth in a dynamic general equilib…
This thesis explores three important factors that have been central to the pursuit of economic development especially in case of developing countries. These are human capital, corruption and institutions. The first chapter presents an analysis of the role of corruption in determ…