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Spatial networks, labor supply, and income dynamics: Evidence from Indonesian villages

Yamauchi, Futoshi; Muto, Megumi; Chowdhury, Shyamal; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

transition to nonagricultural labor markets depend on the distance to economic centers and the household education level. In … particular, postprimary education significantly increases the benefit from local spatial connectivity improvement in remote areas … and promotes labor transition to nonagricultural sectors. Education and local road quality are complementary, mutually …

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What determines adult cognitive skills?: Impacts of preschooling, schooling, and post-schooling experiences in Guatemala

Behrman, Jere R.; Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John A.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"Most investigations into the importance and determinants of adult cognitive skills assume that (1) they are produced primarily by schooling, and (2) schooling is statistically predetermined or exogenous. This study uses longitudinal data collected in Guatemala over 35 years to investigate...

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Child labor and schooling responses to production and health shocks in northern Mali:

Dillon, Andrew - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"This paper investigates children's time allocation to schooling, home production, and market production using a unique data set collected from northern Mali. Production shocks from harvest period pest infestations induce households to withdraw children from school and increase the probability...

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Mortality, mobility, and schooling outcomes among orphans: Evidence from Malawi

Ueyama, Mika - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

after the introduction of universal free primary education in 1994 is more muted, suggesting that free primary education …

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Must conditional cash transfer programs be conditioned to be effective?: The impact of conditioning transfers on school enrollment in Mexico

de Brauw, Alan; Hoddinott, John - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"A growing body of evidence suggests that conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs can have strong, positive effects on a range of welfare indicators for poor households in developing countries. However, the contribution of individual program components toward achieving these outcomes is not...

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Spatial coordination in public good allocation: Nonparametric evidence from decentralized Indonesia

Yamauchi, Futoshi; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Dewina, Reno - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

with transportation infrastructure (externalities) implies spatial divergence. Empirical evidence on education and heath …

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Population density, migration, and the returns to human capital and land: Highlights from Indonesia

Liu, Yanyan; Yamauchi, Futoshi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

Rapid population growth in many developing countries has raised concerns regarding food security and household welfare. To understand the consequences of population growth on in the general equilibrium setting, we examine the dynamics of population density and its impacts on household outcomes...

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An analysis of institutions and policy processes for selected antipoverty interventions in Bangladesh:

Ahmed, Akhter U.; Khondkar, Mubina - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

aspects of new agricultural technology interventions and the policy processes of food- and cash-based education incentive …. The paper then examines the motivation and policy processes of the Food for Education program and its subsequent … replacement, the cash-based Primary Education Stipend program. The study reviews similarities and differences among selected …

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Review of agricultural extension in India: Are farmers' information needs being met?

Glendenning, Claire J.; Babu, Suresh; Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

Despite a wide range of reform initiatives in agricultural extension in India in the past decades, the coverage of, access to, and quality of information provided to marginalized and poor farmers is uneven. This paper aims to ascertain why farmers are not accessing information and where...

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The impact of Bolsa Família on schooling: Girls’ advantage increases and older children gain:

de Brauw, Alan; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hoddinott, John F.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

We estimate the impact of Bolsa Família on a range of education outcomes, including school participation, grade …

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