Harry Anthony Patrinos

TL;DR: In the 40-plus year history of estimates of returns to investment in education, there have been several reviews of the empirical results in attempts to establish patterns as discussed by the authors, and many more estimates from a wide variety of countries, including over time evidence, and estimates based on new econometric techniques, reaffirm the importance of human capital theory.

TL;DR: In the 40-plus year history of estimates of returns to investment in education, there have been several reviews of the empirical results in attempts to establish patterns as mentioned in this paper, and many more estimates from a wide variety of countries, including over time evidence, and estimates based on new econometric techniques, reaffirm the importance of human capital theory.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the effects of being indigenous, number of siblings, sibling activities and sibling age structure on child schooling progress and child non-school activity and found that having a greater number of younger siblings implies less schooling, more age grade distortion in the classroom and more child labor.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed and highlighted the latest trends and patterns based on a database of 1,120 estimates in 139 countries and showed that the private average global rate of return to one extra year of schooling is about 9 percent a year and very stable over decades.

TL;DR: The authors examines how strategies to strengthen accountability relationships in school systems have affected schooling outcomes and provides a succinct review of the rationale and impact evidence for three key lines of reform: policies that use the power of information to strengthen the ability of students and their parents to hold providers accountable for results; policies that promote schools' autonomy to make key decisions and control resources; and teacher incentives reforms that specifically aim at making teachers more accountable for performance.