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Are microloans bad for growth?
Emerson, Patrick M.; McGough, Bruce - 2010
externalities (social returns to education) there exists a range of microloan amounts that are growth depressing and welfare … divert investment away from human capital: by failing to internalize the social returns to education, households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153583
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The long-run effects of recessions on education and income
Stuart, Bryan A. - 2019
This paper examines the long-run effects of the 1980-1982 recession on education and income. Using confidential Census …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022789
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The short- and longer-term effects of a child labor ban
Piza, Caio; Souza, André Portela; Emerson, Patrick M.; … - 2022
Are bans effective at lowering child labor and increasing school attendance and, if so, do these effects lead to positive outcomes later in life? This paper seeks to answer these questions by examining the effect of a 1998 Brazilian law that increased the minimum employment age from 14 to 16. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209861
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The Great Migration and educational opportunity
Baran, Cavit; Chyn, Eric; Stuart, Bryan A. - 2023
estimate selection-corrected place effects on education for children of Black migrants. On average, Black children gained 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014229408