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Parental education and children's schooling outcomes : Is the effect nature, nurture, or both? Evidence from recomposed families in Rwanda
Walque, Damien de - 2005
"Educated parents tend to have educated children. But is intergenerational transmission of human capital more nature … parents and the type of relationship that links the children to their 'adoptive 'families. The results of the analysis suggest …, more nurture, or both? De Walque uses household survey data from Rwanda that contains a large proportion of children living …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522715
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Orphanhood and the living arrangements of children in Sub-Saharan Africa
Beegle, Kathleen (contributor) - 2009
surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394183
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Schooling and labor market impacts of a natural policy experiment
Sakellariou, Chris N. - 2004
"Patrinos and Sakellariou use a nationally representative household survey to estimate returns to schooling in Venezuela from instrumental variables based on a supply-side intervention in the education market. These estimates apply to a subgroup of liquidity-constrained individuals, in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522875
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School meals, educational achievement, and school competition : evidence from a randomized evaluation
Kremer, Michael - 2005
chosen preschools in a pool of 50. Children's school participation was 30 percent higher in the treatment group than in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522676
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Risks, ex-ante actions and public assistance : impacts of natural disasters on child schooling in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Malawi
Yamauchi, Futoshi - 2009
"This paper examines the impacts of natural disasters on schooling investments with special focus on the roles of ex-ante actions and ex-post responses using panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi. The importance of ex-ante actions depends on disaster risks and the likelihood of public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394203