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The evolution of private returns to education during post-conflict transformation: Evidence from Mozambique

Jones, Sam; Sohnesen, Thomas Pave; Trifkovic, Neda - 2018

This paper estimates how private returns to education have evolved in the context of postconflict transformation in Mozambique. This has been characterized by rapid economic growth, significant expansion of the schooling system, but also limited structural change in a labour market dominated by...

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Sheepskin effects and heterogenous wage-setting behaviour: Evidence from Mozambique

Jaeger, David A.; Jones, Sam - 2024

Using a unique panel survey of final-year undergraduates at six of the largest universities in Mozambique, we study the wage premium associated with completing an undergraduate degree. Conditional on a very rich set of controls, including pre-degree earnings, objective measures of ability, and...

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Effects of food price shocks on child malnutrition: The Mozambican experience 2008/09

Arndt, Channing; Hussain, M. Azhar; Østerdal, Lars Peter - 2012

inflation with child malnutrition status. We find that the prevalence of underweight amongst children rises in response to a …,000 severely underweight children. …

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Multidimensional poverty of children in Mozambique

Mahrt, Kristi; Rossi, Andrea; Salvucci, Vincenzo; Tarp, Finn - 2018

We analyse the multidimensional wellbeing of children aged 0-17 in Mozambique and find that 46.3 per cent can be … provinces. We compare Mozambican children's wellbeing with that of children in other regional countries. Despite impressive … and poverty reduction experienced by the population as a whole translate into better living conditions for children. …

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