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sector, which encompasses both health and education. The World Bank's Human Development sector work covers almost the entire … human life cycle, from maternal and neo-natal health, health insurance, early childhood education, school health and … nutrition, basic education, to teacher reform, secondary education and youth skills, higher education, medical and health …
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1970 and 1975. Using the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, we find that the expansion caused men to increase education by … about a year on average and gain about 8% higher wages; women obtained a slightly greater increase in education and a … obtain instrumental variables estimates of returns to schooling of about 6% for both men and women. -- return to education …
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This paper investigates Becker, Hornung and Woessmann's recent claim that education had an important causal effect on … problems, notably the omission of relevant variables which leads to serious bias in the estimated effect of education. When … these problems are corrected, the conclusions of Becker, Hornung and Woessmann no longer hold. Education did not play an …
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of education, inequality, and (natural) resources. We highlight two contrasting effects of education and human capital … accumulation. On the one side, education prompts economic growth and enriches the budget of the autocratic elite. On the other side …, education increases the “awareness” of citizens - capturing their reluctance to accept a dictatorship and their labor …
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incentives to educate. A key feature of our model is that education acts simultaneously as a signaling device and as a method for …
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The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement … education level between census data and observations constructed from enrolment data. We discuss a methodology for correcting …
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It is a well known fact that economic development and distance to the equator are positively correlated variables in the world today. It is perhaps less well known that as recently as 1500 C.E. it was the other way around. The present paper provides a theory of why the “latitude gradient”...
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integrated centers for early childhood care and education (ECCE) for children ages zero to five years, combining the advantages … education services separately or in an integrated manner? Under what conditions would the provision of separate care and … education services be more effective? The study provides an analysis of the ECCE environment in Sri Lanka, with recommendations …
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This report documents the challenge of achieving inclusive education in Africa. Primary school completion rates are 10 … completion rates is 13 points. Gaps are also large for secondary education completion and children with disabilities are much … education. According to teacher perceptions on the reasons why children drop out of school, lack of adequate infrastructure for …
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