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Migration and forsaken schooling in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 11 (2020) 1, pp. 1-27
Large international earnings differentials negatively impact human capital investments in migrant-origin countries. We find that three Central Asian migrant-sending countries-the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan-are facing a for-saken schooling...
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Projecting progress toward the Millennium Development Goals
White, Howard; Blöndal, Nina - 2007
several of the goals. But many countries, most especially in Africa, will not. The projections show that poverty will become … more heavily concentrated in Africa in both relative and absolute terms. In addition, whilst urban poverty will increase …, in 2015 poverty will remain a predominately rural phenomenon, with 60-70 per cent of the poor (depending on the measure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284615
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A new and easy-to-use measure of literacy, its axiomatic properties and an application
Basu, Kaushik; Lee, Travis - 2008
It can be argued that just as there are different kinds of literacy, there are different kinds of illiteracy. A proximate illiterate, i.e. an illiterate who has easy access to a literate person, is clearly better off than someone without such access. The existing literature that takes account of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292065
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How redistributive policies reduce market inequality: Education premiums in 22 OECD countries
Weisstanner, David; Armingeon, Klaus - 2018
premium levels and changes within countries. For the literature on income inequality, these findings imply the need to pay …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060319
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Gender gaps in education: The long view
Evans, David K.; Akmal, Maryam; Jakiela, Pamela - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 12 (2021) 1, pp. 1-27
Many countries remain far from achieving gender equality in the classroom. Using data from 126 countries, we characterize the evolution of gender gaps in low- and middle-income countries between 1960 and 2010. We document five facts. First, women are more educated today than 50 years ago in...
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Diverging destinies in international perspective: Education, single motherhood, and child poverty
Härkönen, Juho - 2017
social inequality. In this study, I used data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) to describe trends in educational … amplify differences in child poverty by maternal education. The prevalence of single motherhood has increased in almost all of … particularly among the least educated. Educational differences in single motherhood can amplify differences in child poverty by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725504
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Social and political indicators of human well-being
Harkness, Susan - 2004
A plethora of what are loosely described as social and political indicators of well-being exist. Both the range and country coverage of these indicators has increased appreciably in recent years. In this paper we ask what contribution these indicators can make towards our understanding of human...
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