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Oxford University Press eBooks, Mar 11, 2021

AEA Randomized Controlled Trials, Oct 17, 2021

Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks, Jun 23, 2016

AEA Randomized Controlled Trials, Oct 17, 2021

World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks, Mar 28, 2023

The World Bank eBooks, Feb 1, 2014

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2016

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2001

A member of a collective-action household may or may not share knowledge with others in that hous... more A member of a collective-action household may or may not share knowledge with others in that household. Shared income gains from shared knowledge may well be offset by a shift in the balance of power within the family. Using household survey data for Bangladesh we find strong external effects of education on individual earnings. Holding a range of personal attributes constant, an illiterate adult earns significantly more in the non-farm economy when living in a family with at least one literate member. These effects are strongest, and most robust, for women. Omitted-variable bias cannot be ruled out, but would also be consistent with an intra-household externality of literacy.

World Bank Publications - Reports, Jun 1, 2021

A country where an individual's chances of success depend little on the socio-economic succes... more A country where an individual's chances of success depend little on the socio-economic success of his or her parents is said to be a country with high relative intergenerational mobility. A government's motivation for seeking to improve mobility is arguably two-fold. There is a fairness argument and an economic efficiency argument. When mobility is low, it means that individuals are not operating on a level playing field. The odds of someone born to parents from the bottom of their generation will be stacked against him or her. This is not only unfair but also leads to a waste of human capital, as talented individuals may not be given the opportunity to reach their full potential. Reducing this inefficiency will raise the stock of human capital and thereby stimulate economic growth. Since the waste of human capital tends to be concentrated toward the bottom of the distribution, the growth brought about by mobility-promoting policy interventions tends to be of an inclusive na...