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Effects of HIV on gender gaps in school attendance of children in Zimbabwe : a non-linear multivariate decomposition analysis
Zinyemba, Tatenda; Pavlova, Milena; Groot, Wim - In: Education economics 29 (2021) 5, pp. 471-489
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Gender Gap in Intergenerational Educational Persistence : Can Compulsory Schooling Reduce it?
Demirel, Merve - 2020
We analyze the impact of an increase in compulsory schooling policy on the gender gap in intergenerational educational … persistence using the Turkish Adult Education Survey (2012). Prior to the reform there is a gender gap in the association of … points, respectively. The gender gap in intergenerational education transmission has decreased by 8 percentage points in the …
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Son preferences and education inequalities in India
Congdon Fors, Heather; Lindskog, Annika - 2019
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Determinants of Educational Attainments Among Muslims in Kerala : Role of Family Background and Gender
Edannur, Sreekala - 2016
, parents' income and gender explains the variations in educational attainment of children in the Muslim community in Kerala …
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Private tutoring and academic achievement in a selective education system
Zumbuehl, Maria; Hof, Stefanie; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022
Decisions about admission to selective schools usually rely on performance measures. To reach a required achievement threshold students may make use of additional resources, such as private tutoring. We investigate how the use of private tutoring relates to the transition probability to an...
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Reduced-class distinctions : effort, ability, and the education production function
Gove, Philip Babcock; Betts, Julian R. - 2009
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Intergenerational educational mobility in Turkey
Tansel, Aysıt - 2015
This paper aims to provide information on intergenerational educational mobility in Turkey over the last century (at least over the last 65 years). This is the first study explicitly on providing the association between parents' and children's education in Turkey over time unlike the previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011427808
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Intergenerational educational mobility in Turkey
Tansel, Aysıt - 2015
This paper aims to provide information on intergenerational educational mobility in Turkey over the last century (at least over the last 65 years). This is the first study explicitly on providing the association between parents’ and children’s education in Turkey over time unlike the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439462
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Does early educational tracking increase migrant-native achievement gaps?
Ruhose, Jens; Schwerdt, Guido - 2015
We study whether early tracking of students based on ability increases migrant-native achievement gaps. To eliminate confounding impacts of unobserved country traits, we employ a differences-in-differences strategy that exploits international variation in the age of tracking as well as student...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010492327
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Intergenerational educational mobility in Turkey
Tansel, Aysıt - 2015
This paper aims to provide information on intergenerational educational mobility in Turkey over the last century (at least over the last 65 years). This is the first study explicitly on providing the association between parents’ and children’s education in Turkey over time unlike the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447319