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Nudging parents to increase preschool attendance in Uruguay
Mateo Díaz, Mercedes; Becerra Luna, Laura; … - 2020
-year-olds. However, more than a third of children enrolled in preschool programs have insufficient attendance, with absenteeism higher in … results ranged widely across groups. Attendance by children in the 25th 75th percentiles of absenteeism rose by 0.320.68 days …. Behavioral interventions seeking to reduce absenteeism and raise test scores usually nudge parents on both the importance of …
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Migrant Adolescent Girls in Urban Slums India : Aspirations, Opportunities and Challenges
Agarwal, Siddharth; Jones, Eleri; Verma, Shabnam - 2017
Background: Many adolescents grow-up with inadequate access to opportunities facing challenges and risks. This study focuses on recently migrant adolescent girls in India’s fast growing urban slum population for whom multiple vulnerabilities intersect, including gender, poverty and migrant...
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The Effect of a Large Expansion of Pre-Primary School Facilities on Preschool Attendance and Maternal Employment
Galiani, Sebastian; Berlinski, Samuel - Departamento de Economía, Universidad de San Andrés - 2005
We provide evidence on the impact of a large construction of pre-primary school facilities in Argentina. We estimate the causal impact of the program on pre-primary school attendance and maternal labor supply. Identification relies on a differences-in-differences strategy where we combine...
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HISTORICAL AND SOCIO-POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE STRATIFICATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA’S SOCIETY
MOCANU, Victor; DUMBRĂVEANU, Andrei - In: ECONOMY AND SOCIOLOGY: Theoretical and Scientifical Journal (2013) 2, pp. 190-199
This paper represents a collection of studies on the formation processes of new social structures, trends stratification of society in Moldova after two decades of independence, on assuming democratic values, on promoting economic, political, scientific and cultural freedom, as well as the human...
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Social inequalities in Europe: Facing the challenge
Allmendinger, Jutta; von den Driesch, Ellen - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) - 2014
This discussion paper describes the extent of social inequalities both within and between the countries of the European Union. In the first three chapters we address the micro level of individual life courses: education, employment and income. The following chapters analyse the societal...
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Learning versus Working; Factors Affecting Adolescent Time Allocation in Pakista
Mete, Cem; Lloyd, Cynthia B.; Salam, Naveeda - In: The Pakistan Development Review 51 (2012) 2, pp. 131-151
This paper explores how family, school and community factors influence adolescents’ time allocation among market work, domestic work, learning and leisure. We model adolescents’ time use in a multivariate framework, using explanatory variables characterising the household as well as labour...
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Canadian Inequality: Recent Development and Policy Options
Fortin, Nicole M.; Green, David A.; Lemieux, Thomas; … - Vancouver School of Economics - 2012
Considerable concern has recently been expressed about growing income inequality. Much of the discussion, though, has been in general terms and focused on the U.S. experience. To understand whether and how Canada ought to respond to this development, we need to be clear on the facts. This paper...
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An examination of poverty and sexual orientation in the UK
Uhrig, S. C. Noah - 2014
Is there a link between sexuality and poverty? If so, has this relationship changed over time? What anti-poverty policies might be relevant to address issues related to sexuality and poverty? The report synthesises literature and adds top-line findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study....
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The Effect of Young People Not in Employment, Education or Training, on Poverty Rate in European Union
Jianu, Ionut - In: Journal of Eastern Europe Research in Business and Economics 2019 (2019) [Article ID] 955941, pp. 1-14
This paper aims to estimate the effect of young people who are not in employment, education or training (neets rate) on the people at risk of poverty rate in the European Union. Statistical data covering the 2010-2016 period for all EU-28 Member States have been used. Regarding the methodology,...
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The socioeconomic gradient of cognitive test scores: Evidence from two cohorts of Irish children
Madden, David - 2020
There is a well-established socioeconomic gradient in cognitive test scores for children. This gradient emerges at very early ages and there is also some evidence that it can widen as children age. We investigate this phenomenon with two longitudinal cohorts of Irish children who take such tests...
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