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We investigate how the link between individual schooling and political participation is affected by country … participation is more responsive to schooling in land-abundant countries, and less responsive in human capital-abundant countries … participation and its responsiveness to schooling, by lowering the opportunity cost of production income foregone. In an extension …
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12 years old. Schooling, on the other hand, is found to have a positive impact on health status of children from low …
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Government education spending is expected to improve the well-being of beneficiaries and enhance their capability to … earn income in the future. In this sense, directing education expenditures to the poor holds a promise for breaking the … the poor benefited from government spending on education? In particular, it uses benefit incidence analysis to evaluate …
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The paper studies the effects of the changing age and education composition of the labour force on productivity growth … in Singapore. The quality change of workers from aging and education is measured through a quality index. Quality change … through education is the key driving force for the productive performance of the labour force. On the other hand, the growth …
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This study looked at the sustainability of the growth and development of business process outsourcing (BPO) in the Philippines. It was prompted by the sectors spectacular growth in several of its subsectors, mainly contact call centers, medical transcription, animation, and software development....
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significant effect of orphanhood on health. However, chronically poor children have worse health and education outcomes. Among … young children, the effect of maternal orphanhood on education is significantly more adverse than that of chronic poverty …
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in the analysis as applied on government spending on education in the Philippines. …
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significant effect of orphanhood on health. However, chronically poor children have worse health and education outcomes. Among … young children, the effect of maternal orphanhood on education is significantly more adverse than that of chronic poverty …
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Government education spending is expected to improve the well-being of beneficiaries and enhance their capability to … earn income in the future. In this sense, directing education expenditures to the poor holds a promise for breaking the … the poor benefited from government spending on education? In particular, it uses benefit incidence analysis to evaluate …
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the eight MDGs. The MDGs include eradication of extreme poverty and hunger; universal primary education; gender equality … elementary participation rate, the elementary cohort survival rate, gender equality in education, the maternal mortality rate and …, namely : Goal 1 (poverty and hunger), Goal 2 (education), Goal 3 (gender equality), Goal 5 (maternal health), Goal 6 (control …
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