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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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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...

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Heterogeneous labor earning shock process in finite horizon

Rahman, Md. Arifur - 2017

This paper investigates the importance of heterogeneity in the labor earning shock processes. We analyze the earning shock process for both male and female workers in several countries. We argue that unlike time series analysis, in a life cycle model the forecasting horizon is finite and in...

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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 …

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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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Labour income, social transfers and child poverty

Bradbury, Bruce; Jäntti, Markus; Lindahl, Lena - 2017

This paper documents the variation in living standards of the poorest fifth of children in rich (and some middle-income) nations, with a focus on the relative importance and interaction of social transfers (net of taxes) and labour market incomes. Overall, the cross-national variation in the...

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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 …

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