Na quarta-feira, dia 3 de dezembro, entre as 13h00 e as 14h00, tem lugar uma sessão dos ISEG Research Seminars. O orador convidado será José Pedro Pontes (ISEG), que irá apresentar o paper “Education spread, technology, and population density“.
Os Seminários ISEG Research decorrem semanalmente, às quartas-feiras, no Anfiteatro 4 do Edifício Quelhas (4.º piso), contando com a participação de docentes do ISEG, bem como de outras instituições de ensino nacionais e internacionais.
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Abstract
We model the expansion of (higher) education in an economy composed by regions that only differ in population density. The schooling process takes place sequentially across regions in descending order of demographic density and it implies a substitution of modern industrial technologies for traditional, land-based ones.
Under the crucial assumption that young people may travel to school within the region where they live, but not across regions, the model explains why both the literacy rate and per capita income increase, albeit at a decreasing rate. Furthermore, is allows us to understand why the average students’ commuting distance tends to rise despite the geographical decentralization of the educational system.