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Human Capital Depreciation During Family-related Career Interruptions in Male and Female Occupations
Görlich, Dennis; Grip, Andries de - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007
This study investigates the relation between human capital depreciation during family-related career interruptions and occupational choice of women in the (West) German labour market. In contrast to other studies that do not explicitly focus on family-related career interruptions, we find that...
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Low Social Mobility in Bolivia: Causes and Consequences for Development
Andersen, Lykke E. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001
This paper investigates social mobility in Bolivia and discusses its implications for poverty reduction and long-run growth. Regressions based on household survey data show that social mobility is very low in Bolivia, even by Latin American standards. This is mainly caused by an inadequate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818858
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Why do educated mothers matter? A model of parental help
Canova, Luciano; Vaglio, Alessandro - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
This paper investigates the role performed by mothers in affecting their childrens' performance at school. The article develops firstly a theoretical model in which household (parent-child pair) is treated as an individual, whose utility depends both on the performance at school of the student...
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Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Child Marriage
World Bank - 2023
and social costs of child marriage with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Children Investment … school children. In 2022, the Empowering Women by Balancing the Law (EWBL) initiative of the Legal Vice Presidency of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014579814
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Month of birth and children's health in India
Lokshin, Michael - 2009
the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. They find that children born during the monsoon … months have lower anthropometric scores compared with children born during the fall and winter months. The authors propose … variations in affecting environmental conditions at the time of birth and determining the health outcomes of young children in …
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Tajikistan - Improving Statistics for Children's Births and Deaths
World Bank - 2012
The Government of Tajikistan has identified improving maternal and child health (MCH) as key priorities in its new Health Sector Strategy for 2010-2020. The Government recognizes that improving MCH outcomes is critical to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for maternal and child...
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Explaining the East German Productivity Gap ; The Role of Human Capital
Ragnitz, Joachim - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007
The paper concentrates on the question whether the low level of productivity in East Germany can be explained by deficits in the stock of human capital. It is shown that figures on “formal” qualifications yield a too optimistic view on human capital endowments; in fact, the effective stock...
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Firm Training and Wage Rigidity
Lechthaler, Wolfgang - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
Although wage rigidity is among the most prominent subjects in modern economics, its effects on wage compression and firm training have thus far not been considered. This paper is trying to bridge this gap by using a simple two period model which can still by analyzed analytically. I am able to...
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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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From early child development to human development : investing in our children's future
Young, Mary E. (contributor) - 2002
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