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This paper aims to identify the sources of human capital growth for the observation period 1990-2020 by region, gender … Institute of Kyushu University) report. It focuses on five important aggregates by gender: Asia, Africa, Latin America, G20, and … capital have grown over time in almost all countries. Attention must be paid to what has happened to the world's gender …
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The stylized fact that individuals who come from families with more children are disadvantaged in the schooling process … children's educational achievement might be spurious. We extend these recent analyses of spuriousness versus causality using a … sibship size on children's private school attendance and on their likelihood of being held back in school. Specifically, we …
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This paper examines the transmission of human capital from parents to children using variation in parental influence … educated parents spend more time with their children …
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degrees. We show annual earnings and hours worked while enrolled in graduate school vary a lot by gender and degree. Finally …
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There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. However, in some countries where labor markets...
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paper with an emphasis on differences by gender and differences across regions. Some comparisons between China and India and … gender in any analysis …
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period in which educational policies intent on equating gender opportunities in education were implemented. To this end we …
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Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...
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The theory of differential overqualification, developed by Robert Frank (1978), claims that married women in smaller labor markets have a higher risk of working in jobs for which they are overqualified. This stems from the problem of dual job search for couples which is much more difficult to...
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sample of 3,500 Kenyan 3-8 year olds. Parents with additional exposure to childhood deworming have children with improved … units higher among treated parents' school-age children, only prior to school closures. Findings are interpreted through a …
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