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Orphanhood and the living arrangements of children in Sub-Saharan Africa

Beegle, Kathleen (contributor) - 2009

"Increasing adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa raises considerable concerns about the welfare of surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child health and education. One hypothesis for this...

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Parental education and children's schooling outcomes : Is the effect nature, nurture, or both? Evidence from recomposed families in Rwanda

Walque, Damien de - 2005

"Educated parents tend to have educated children. But is intergenerational transmission of human capital more nature … in households without their biological parents. The data allows him to separate genetic from environmental parental … parents and the type of relationship that links the children to their 'adoptive 'families. The results of the analysis suggest …

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Promotion with and without learning : effects on student enrollment and dropout behavior

King, Elizabeth M. - 2008

"Many educators and policymakers have argued for lenient grade promotion policy - even automatic promotion - in developing country settings where grade retention rates are high. The argument assumes that grade retention discourages persistence or continuation in school and that the promotion of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521037

Disability, poverty, and schooling in developing countries : results from 11 household surveys

Filmer, Deon - 2005

"This paper analyzes the relationship between whether a young person has a disability, the poverty status of their household, and their school participation using 11 household surveys from nine developing countries. Between 1 and 2 percent of the population is identified as having a disability....

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School meals, educational achievement, and school competition : evidence from a randomized evaluation

Kremer, Michael - 2005

"Vermeersch and Kremer examine the effects of subsidized school meals on school participation, educational achievement, and school finance in a developing country setting. They use data from a program that was implemented in 25 randomly chosen preschools in a pool of 50. Children's school...

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No more cutting class? : reducing teacher absence and providing incentives for performance

Rogers, F. Halsey - 2009

"Expanding and improving basic education in developing countries requires, at a minimum, teachers who are present in the classroom and motivated to teach, but this essential input is often missing. This paper describes the findings of a series of recent World Bank and other studies on teacher...

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Does Linking Teacher Pay to Student Performance Improve Results?

World Bank - 2012

results? Do schools need more supplies and better infrastructure? Should parents have access to better information about the …

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Cognitive development among young children in Ecuador : the roles of wealth, health and parenting

Paxson, Christina H. - 2005

more educated parents have higher scores. The associations of test scores with wealth and maternal education are larger for … levels perform worse on tests. Measures of parenting quality, in particular the degree to which parents are "responsive" and …

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Rwanda : Can Parenting Programs Improve Child Development and Prevent Violence Against Women and Children?

World Bank - 2021

Children need a safe, nurturing, healthy, and stimulating environment to thrive and reach their full potential. But millions of children living in poverty don't receive enough stimulation or good nutrition in their first years of life, and poverty also makes them more likely to experience...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255496

Wealth : crucial but not sufficient evidence from Pakistan on economic growth, child labor, and schooling

Hou, Xiaohui - 2009

"The relationship between wealth and child labor has been widely examined. This paper uses three rounds of time-series, cross-sectional data to examine the relationship between wealth and child labor and schooling. The paper finds that wealth is crucial in determining a child's activities, but...

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