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Gender Based Taxation and the Division ofFamily Chores
Alesina, Alberto; Ichino, Andrea; Karabarbounis, Loukas - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Gender Based Taxation (GBT) satisfies Ramsey´s optimal criterion by taxing less the moreelastic labor supply of (married) women. This holds when different elasticities between menand women are taken as exogenous and primitive...
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The Determinants of Female Labour Supply in Belarus
Pastore, Francesco; Verashchagina, Alina - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
Unlike in many other transition countries, where the gender pay gap has remained stable while female employment rates have reduced, in the case of Belarus women activity rate has been practically unchanged despite an increase in the gender pay gap. This paper investigates why this is the case by...
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Expanding and Improving Early Childhood Education in Turkey
World Bank - 2013
Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs is maximized when the interventions are targeted to children from disadvantaged …
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Burkina Faso : Opportunities for Children
World Bank - 2013
Burkina Faso's Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) of the 2000s, which were implemented as annually rolled-over Priority Action Programs, focused on four pillars: a) accelerating broad based growth; b) expanding access to social services for the poor; c) increasing employment and...
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Republic of Uzbekistan : Improving Early Childhood Care and Education
World Bank - 2013
be realized from investing in pre-primary education ranging from promoting children s school readiness to equalizing …
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Kyrgyz Republic : Early Childhood Development
World Bank - 2013
children in the Kyrgyz Republic. This report is part of a series of reports prepared by the World Bank using the Systems … International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). The Kyrgyz Republic has a population of 5.5 million inhabitants, of which 65 … presents a holistic and integrated assessment of how the overall policy environment in a country affects young children …
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Tajikistan : Early Childhood Development
World Bank - 2013
children in Tajikistan. This report is part of a series of reports prepared by the World Bank using the Systems Approach for … adopt national laws and regulations that promote appropriate dietary consumption by pregnant women and young children. …
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China Early Child Development : Early Childhood Education in Yunnan
World Bank - 2014
Yunnan is a medium-sized and relatively poor Chinese province on the southwestern border of China. In 2012, the Yunnan department of education formally requested Bank support in conducting a review of early childhood education policies and programs in order to gain an in-depth and evidence-based...
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Is Preschool Good for Kids?
World Bank - 2012
development. And that's just the start. Children need regular mental and physical stimulation along with healthcare and proper … understand the benefits. Children need regular mental and physical stimulation along with healthcare and proper nutrition to keep …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012555512
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Brazil - Early Child Development : A Focus on the Impact of Preschools
World Bank - 2013
-schooling are higher enrollments among older children, showing that enrollments - eight percent in the 0-3 age group - were seen to …
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