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Orphanhood and the living arrangements of children in Sub-Saharan Africa

Beegle, Kathleen (contributor) - 2009

surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child …

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Are Workers with A Long Commute Less Productive? An Empirical Analysis of Absenteeism

Ommeren, Jos van; Gutierrez-i-Puigarnau, Eva - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009

We hypothesize, and test for, a negative effect of the length of the commute on worker’s productivity, by examining whether the commute has a positive effect on worker’s absenteeism. Our estimates for Germany indicate that commuting distance induces absenteeism with an elasticity of about...

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Multitasking: Productivity Effects and Gender Differences

Buser, Thomas; Peter, Noemi - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

We examine how multitasking affects performance and check whether women are indeed better at multitasking. Subjects in our experiment perform two different tasks according to three treatments: one where they perform the tasks sequentially, one where they are forced to multitask, and one where...

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The Golden Age of Nobel Economists

Dalen, Hendrik P. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 1997

Nobel laureates in economics make their most important and creative contributionsbetween the ages of 29 and 38. The average creative age of Nobel economists is slightly belowthat of laureates in physics, and considerably younger than that of laureates in chemistry andmedicine/physiology. The...

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Labour Market Matters - October 2014

Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014

The demand for skilled trade persons in Canada is very strong and new apprenticeship registrations increased by threefold between 1991 and 2007. The number of apprenticeship completions however, did not increase and as a result average completion rates have dropped over the same period. A CLSRN...

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UPSKILL: A Credible Test of Workplace Literacy and Essential Skills Training

Dowie, Michael; Gyarmati, David; Hébert, Sophie; … - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014

The last decade has seen an increasing volume of research that reveals significant gaps in literacy and Essential Skills (LES) among the Canadian workforce. In addition to having negative impacts on firmsâ€™ productivity, research also suggests that workers suffer consequences of low...

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International migration, transfers of norms and home country fertility

Beine, Michel - 2009

"This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of … international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries …' fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more education. It provides provide a rigorous test of the diffusion on of fertility …

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Risks, ex-ante actions and public assistance : impacts of natural disasters on child schooling in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Malawi

Yamauchi, Futoshi - 2009

"This paper examines the impacts of natural disasters on schooling investments with special focus on the roles of ex-ante actions and ex-post responses using panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi. The importance of ex-ante actions depends on disaster risks and the likelihood of public...

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Parental education and children's schooling outcomes : Is the effect nature, nurture, or both? Evidence from recomposed families in Rwanda

Walque, Damien de - 2005

"Educated parents tend to have educated children. But is intergenerational transmission of human capital more nature …, more nurture, or both? De Walque uses household survey data from Rwanda that contains a large proportion of children living … influences. The nonrandom placement of children is controlled by including the educational attainment of the absent biological …

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What's the Long-Term Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Education?

World Bank - 2014

tool not only for encouraging families to enroll their children in school, but also keeping them there. Indeed, the results … this, researchers would have to consider what support low-income households might need to monitor and assist their children …

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