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Improving College Access and Success for Low-Income Students: Evidence from a Large Need-based Grant Program
Fack, Gabrielle; Grenet, Julien - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Using comprehensive administrative data on France’s single largest financial aid program, this paper provides new evidence on the impact of large-scale need-based grant programs on the college enrollment decisions, persistence and graduation rates of low-income students. We exploit sharp...
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Sports and Child Development
Felfe, Christina; Lechner, Michael; Steinmayr, Andreas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
as well as alternative estimation and identification strategies. The effects can be partially explained by increased …
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Non-cognitive skill formation in poor neighbourhoods of urban India
Krishnan, Pramila; Krutikova, Sofya - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Recent labour market research has shown that a good education comprises investment in both cognitive and non-cognitive skills. We examine the impact of a long-term programme designed to raise non-cognitive skills of children and adolescents in slums in Bombay. We use a cross-cutting design with...
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Undernutrition and Psychosocial Competencies: Evidence from Four Countries
Dercon, Stefan; Sánchez, Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Both cognitive and non-cognitive skills matter to understand a child's opportunities and outcomes in adulthood. However, it is unclear how non-cognitive skills are acquired and what the role played by household investments is in this process. Motivated by suggestions from the medical literature...
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The Disappearing Gender Gap: The Impact of Divorce, Wages, and Preferences on Education Choices and Women's Work
Fernández, Raquel; Wong, Joyce Cheng - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
. The education gender gap was eliminated and married women's LFP averaged 70% over the same ages. In order to evaluate the … LFP. To eliminate the education gender gap requires, on the other hand, for the psychic cost of obtaining higher education …
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Gender Wage Gaps by Education in Spain: Glass Floors versus Glass Ceilings
Dolado, Juan J.; Llorens, Vanesa - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper analyses the gender wage gaps by education throughout the wage distribution in Spain. Quantile regressions … at each quantile in order to estimate the component of the gender gap not explained by differences in characteristics …
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Gender Gaps in Unemployment Rates in OECD Countries
Azmat, Ghazala; Güell, Maia; Manning, Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
There is an enormous literature on gender gaps in pay and labour market participation but virtually no literature on … gender gaps in unemployment rates. Although there are some countries in which there is essentially no gender gap in … show that, in countries where there is a large gender gap in unemployment rates, there is a gender gap in both flows from …
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The Gender Gap, Fertility and Growth
Galor, Oded; Weil, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
This paper examines a novel mechanism linking fertility and growth. There are three components to the model. First, increases in capital per worker raise women's relative wages, since capital is more complementary to women's labour input than to men's. Second, increasing women's relative wages...
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The Demographic Transition: Causes and Consequences
Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...
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Gender Identity and Relative Income Within Households
Bertrand, Marianne; Kamenica, Emir; Pan, Jessica - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
argue that this pattern is best explained by gender identity norms, which induce an aversion to a situation where the wife …
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