in this rate in 1999-2009. Our findings underscore increasing education levels amongst rural married women and the men in …

-monotonic relationship of women's LFP with their education in developing countries (India) in contrast to the developed economies (United … improve with own education. Our theoretical predictions match the data for India at low levels of women's education but over … market work at higher education levels in transition economies. Our analysis suggests that home productivity, along with …

-family transfers and education. We highlight an education motive for remittances, according to which migrants have an incentive to … invest in their siblings' education via transfers to parents, in order to better share the burden of old age support. Our … theory shows that in rich families, selfish parents invest optimally in children education, while in poor families, liquidity …

1987 and 2009. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, women's labor force …'s education, stigmas against educated women engaging in menial work, and falling selectivity of highly educated women. On the …

, during the 1987-2005 period. Our results indicate that education differences between Hindu and Muslim wage earners …, especially differences in the proportion of wage earners with tertiary education, are largely responsible for the differences in … education do not explain the aforementioned difference in average (log) earnings. In conclusion, we discuss some policy …

This paper investigates whether aspirations matter for education, which offers a common route out of poverty. We find … attending private education. These results are confirmed for outcomes at age 15. The findings provide direct evidence on the … contribution of mother aspirations to children's education outcomes and point to aspirations as a channel of intergenerational …