gap in labour force participation. We highlight the role of two factors - international migration and education - on the … education and migration have a significant association with the gender gap in labour force participation in Tajikistan … participation by men domestically; increased female education, especially at the university and vocational level, increases female …

We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality … education are still substantial, and amount to a 4 years gain in life expectancy, on average. …

Large differences in mortality rates across those with different levels of education are a well- established fact. This … association between mortality and education may partly be explained by confounding factors, including cognitive ability. Cognitive … ability may also be affected by education so that it becomes a mediating factor in the causal chain. In this paper we estimate …

multistate hazard model (a 'Timing-of-events'- model) and, for selection into education, by using inverse propensity weighting … based on the probability to attain higher education. We use Swedish Military Conscription Data (1951-1960), for males only …

compulsory schooling at ages 16-17, young men in Tajikistan are forsaking professional education because of opportunities to … to professional education in migrant-sending Tajikistan. …

Cross-country studies reveal two consistent gender gaps in education - underachievement in school by boys and low rates …

We examine the differential effects of family disadvantage on the education and adult labor market outcomes of men and … parental education and family structure during childhood to male-female and brother-sister differences in teenage outcomes … from an advantageous family environment than do girls in terms of the behavior and grade-school outcomes. Father …

increase in single-parent households may be contributing to the growing gender gap in education, as boys are more vulnerable to …