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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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Land inheritance and schooling in matrilineal societies: evidence from Sumatra

Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Otsuka, Keijiro - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001

This paper explores statistically the implications of the shift from communal to individualized tenure on the distribution of land and schooling between sons and daughters in matrilineal societies, based on a Sumatra case study. The inheritance system is evolving from a strictly matrilineal...

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Human capital, household welfare, and children's schooling in Mozambique:

Handa, Sudhanshu; Simler, Kenneth R.; Harrower, Sarah - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004

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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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Policy-Oriented Research Impact Assessment (PORIA) case study on the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Mexican PROGRESA anti-poverty and human resource i...

Behrman, Jere R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

specific investments in education, health, and nutrition. The paper first describes PROGRESA/Oportunidades and estimates of the …

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Empowering women to achieve food security:

Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001

, Hilary Sims Feldstein, and Guadalupe Duron Brief 6. Education / Elizabeth M. King and Harold Alderman Brief 7. Labor Markets …

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