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George Psacharopoulos

George Psacharopoulos

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Economics and Finance

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63
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World Ranking
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429

Overview

George Psacharopoulos is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Economics and Econometrics, Education, Sociology and Political Science, Modeling and Simulation, and Safety Research.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

George Psacharopoulos has contributed to multiple research papers published in notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures in Earnings and Income across the World, 2021, Comparative Education Review
  • Lost Wages: The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Lost Wages: The Covid-19 Cost of School Closures, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Private and Social Returns to Investment in Education: the Case of Turkey with Alternative Methods, 2020, Applied Economics
  • Returns to education: a brief history and an assessment, 2024, Education Economics

They have also contributed to book publications, including one titled "Lost Wages: The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures" published by the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks in 2020.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with George Psacharopoulos include:

  • Harry Anthony Patrinos
  • Victoria Collis
  • Emiliana Vegas
  • Aysıt Tansel
  • H. Battu

Their work has appeared regularly in several scholarly venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Comparative Education Review
  • Applied Economics
  • Education Economics

Best Publications

  • Returns to investment in education: A global update

    George Psacharopoulos

  • Returns to investment in education: a further update

    George Psacharopoulos;Harry Anthony Patrinos

  • Returns to education : a further international update and implications

    George Psacharopoulos

  • Returns to Investment in Education: A Further Update

    George Psacharopoulos;Harry Anthony Patrinos

  • Education for Development: An Analysis of Investment Choices

    George Psacharopoulos;Maureen Woodhall

  • Family size, schooling and child labor in Peru – An empirical analysis

    Harry Anthony Patrinos;George Psacharopoulos

  • The Screening Hypothesis and the Returns to Education

    Richard Layard;George Psacharopoulos

  • Returns to education : an updated international comparison

    George Psacharopoulos

  • Returns to investment in education : a decennial review of the global literature

    George Psacharopoulos;Harry Anthony Patrinos

  • Child labor versus educational attainment: some evidence from Latin America.

    George Psacharopoulos

  • Returns to education: An international comparison

    George Psacharopoulos;Keith Hinchliffe

  • Returns to investment in education

    George Psacharopoulos;Harry Anthony Patrinos

  • Educational performance and child labor in Paraguay

    Harry Anthony Patrinos;George Psacharopoulos

  • Financing education in developing countries : an exploration of policy options

    Emmanuel Jimenez;George Psacharopoulos;Tan Jee-Peng

  • Human Capital and Rates of Return

    George Psacharopoulos;Harry Anthony Patrinos

  • The trade‐off between child labour and human capital formation: A Tanzanian case study

    Hideo Akabayashi;George Psacharopoulos

  • The task force on higher education and society

    Philip Altbach;David Bloom;Richard Hopper;George Psacharopoulos

  • Economics of education : research and studies

    Mark Blaug;George Psacharopoulos

  • Human Capital and Rates of Return

    George Psacharopoulos;Harry Anthony Patrinos

  • The Reward for Risk in the Labor Market: Evidence from the United Kingdom and a Reconciliation with Other Studies

    Alan Marin;George Psacharopoulos

  • Female labor force participation : an international perspective

    George Psacharopoulos;Zafiris Tzannatos

  • Achievement Evaluation of Colombia's "Escuela Nueva": Is Multigrade the Answer?

    George Psacharopoulos;Carlos Rojas;Eduardo Velez

  • Returns to Investment in Education: A Decennial Review of the Global Literature

    George Psacharopoulos;Harry A. Patrinos

Frequent Co-Authors

Aysit Tansel
Aysit Tansel Middle East Technical University
Mark Blaug
Mark Blaug University of Amsterdam
Richard Layard
Richard Layard London School of Economics and Political Science
Philip G. Altbach
Philip G. Altbach Boston College
Gary S. Fields
Gary S. Fields Cornell University
David E. Bloom
David E. Bloom Harvard University

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