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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India

Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and social strata. We compare women and births in rural Indian districts more or less exposed to tariff cuts. For low socioeconomic status women, tariff cuts increase the likelihood of...

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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from Indian Tariff Reform

Edmonds, Eric V.; Pavcnik, Nina; Topalova, Petia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

decisions? We examine this question in the context of India's 1991 tariff reforms. Overall, in the 1990s, rural India … India's rise in schooling and a third of the fall in child labor during the 1990s can be explained by falling poverty and …

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Labour Use and Its Adjustment in Indian Manufacturing Industries

Bhandari, Amit K.; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

, which evolved through structural transformation in the era of globalization. The analysis is based on a dynamic model …

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Measurement of Globalization and Its Variations Among Countries, Regions and Over Time

Bhandari, Amit K.; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

contribution to the overall integration. Finally, we investigate the links between globalization and labor market in India …The process of globalization is an international economic order which has led to the progressive integration of the … technological innovation also provides impetus to the progressive integration of the nations. The elements of globalization include …

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Charters Without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston

Abdulkadiroğlu, Atila; Angrist, Joshua; Hull, Peter D.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Lottery estimates suggest oversubscribed urban charter schools boost student achievement markedly. But these estimates needn't capture treatment effects for students who haven't applied to charter schools or for students attending charters for which demand is weak. This paper reports estimates...

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Education, Health and Mortality: Evidence from a Social Experiment

Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Simeonova, Emilia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We study the effect of a compulsory education reform in Sweden on adult health and mortality. The reform was implemented by municipalities between 1949 and 1962 as a social experiment and implied an extension of compulsory schooling from 7 or 8 years depending on municipality to 9 years...

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Does Teacher Testing Raise Teacher Quality? Evidence from State Certification Requirements

Angrist, Joshua D.; Guryan, Jonathan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

The education reform movement includes efforts to raise teacher quality through stricter certification and licensing provisions. Most US states now require public school teachers to pass a standardized test such as the Praxis. Although any barrier to entry is likely to raise wages in the...

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Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies

Björklund, Anders; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

In every society for which we have data, people’s educational achievement is positively correlated with their parents’ education or with other indicators of their parents’ socioeconomic status. This topic is central in social science, and there is no doubt that research has intensified...

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Reaching High: Occupational Sorting and Higher Education Wage Inequality in the UK

Kleibrink, Jan; Michaelsen, Maren M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The Further and Higher Education Act of 1992 changed the Higher Education system in the UK by giving all polytechnics university status. Using the British Household Panel Survey and accounting for different sources of selection bias, we show that wage differentials between university and...

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Incentives and Effort in the Public Sector: Have U.S. Education Reforms Increased Teachers’ Work Hours?

Stoddard, Christiana; Kuhn, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Beyond some contracted minimum, salaried workers’ hours are largely chosen at the worker’s discretion and should respond to the strength of contract incentives. Accordingly, we consider the response of teacher hours to accountability and school choice laws introduced in U.S. public schools...

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