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Food for Thought: Basic Needs and Persistent Educational Inequality
Galor, Oded; Mayer-Foulkes, David - EconWPA - 2004
This research demonstrates that human capital accumulation by the poor is only possible if a minimum level of health … and health care, and finance is not available for this purpose, a poverty trap exists with low health, education and … nutrition and health impairing human potential, and in particular early child development. This link between health and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125667
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Directions of Trade Flows and Labor Movements between High- And Low-Population Growth Countries: An Overlapping Generations General Equilibrium Analysis
Sayan, Serdar; Uyar, Ali Emre - EconWPA - 2002
This paper considers a two-country world where the population in one country grows faster than the other, and investigates the implications of the addition of non-stationary population dynamics to a simple 2- commodity, 2-factor model of international trade within an overlapping- generations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125644
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The Enrollment Effects of Merit-Based Financial Aid: Evidence from Georgia's HOPE Scholarship
Cornwell, Christopher M.; Mustard, David B.; Sridhar, Deepa - EconWPA - 2005
This paper examines the effects of Georgia's merit-based HOPE Scholarship on college enrollment. Introduced in 1993, the HOPE Scholarship covers tuition, fees, and book expenses for students attending Georgia public colleges, and provides a subsidy of comparable value to students attending...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076934
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Enrolment into Higher Education and Changes in Repayment Obligations of Student Aid – Microeconometric Evidence for Germany.
Baumgartner, Hans J.; Steiner, Viktor - EconWPA - 2004
We evaluate the effect of the federal students’ financial assistance scheme (BAfoeG) on enrolment rates into higher education by exploiting the exogenous variation introduced through a discrete shift in the repayment regulations. Supported students had to repay the full loan until 1990....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134616
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MARKETING HIGHER EDUCATION: STUDENTS’ SERVICE EXPECTATIONS
Raposo, Mario; Alves, Helena - EconWPA - 2005
Facing a growing competitive environment, higher education institutions have increased dramatically the competition for recruiting and retaining students providing a high quality service as a solution to compete. Frequently, researchers who have studied the service quality and client...
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The Financing of Higher Education – A Broader View
Nair, P; Kumar, Deepak - EconWPA - 2005
The article talks about the development of higher education in India and addresses possible means of financing it. The current educational system in the country is discussed and the concentration by the State on higher and technical education is looked at. The article further says that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561665
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MRS. GANDHI GAVE NEW ECONOMIC APPROACHES
SUBRAMANIAM, DR. VSR. - EconWPA - 2004
Plenty of food, Sufficient clothing, Proper monitoring of the Key Socio- Economic factors, with commitment to Domestic Productivity were the Essence of the Administrative strategy of Mrs. Indira Gandhi (Late Prime Minister of India). These approaches could be critically related to the remarkable...
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REDEFINED PRODUCTIVITY & SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED MANAGEMENT DECISIONS.
DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2004
In the Domain of Development Economics, Productivity is represented by Output to Input Ratio & Management Decisions related to the Inputs and Outputs ensures to keep this ratio in a favourable condition. When this is integrated with a Broad-Scope of Socio-Economic Development (SED). Qualitative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077079
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The Political Economy of Elite Dominance and Ethnic
Pal, Sarmistha; Ghosh, Sugata - EconWPA - 2005
) greater degree of elite dominance lowers the spending on education (but not that on health) while greater degree of ethnic … heterogeneity lowers spending on both health and education. (b) Also, predominance of Indian National Congress regime has been … state spending on health and education suggesting the divergent agenda of the state governments in India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408400
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The Janus Development Strategy: Jamaica In Transition
Jones, Peter w - EconWPA - 2005
The ability to see past and present simultaneously must be of prime importance in any development scenario. This speaks to the essence of the Janus Development Strategy, whose philosophy is outlined below. .......................Janus was represented with two faces, originally one face was...
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