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Smart policy toward high-skill emigrants : many proposed policies on skilled migration do little to improve skill stocks or development outcomes, but promising options exist
Clemens, Michael A. - 2015
Immigration officials in rich countries are being asked to become overseas development officials, charged with … compassionate and political sentiments without clear evidence that the regulations achieve the desired development goals and avoid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433686
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Intergenerational return to human capital : better educated parents invest more time and money in their children, who are more successful in the labor market
Devereux, Paul J. - 2014
Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One … essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment … outcomes of their children. Interventions that encourage the educational attainment of children from poorer families will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414158
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Recovery from an early-life shock through improved access to schools
Bharati, Tushar; Chin, Seungwoo; Jung, Dawoon - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012208760
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Intergenerational return to human capital : better educated parents invest more time and money in their children, who are more successful in the labor market
Devereux, Paul J. - 2019
Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One … essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment … outcomes of their children. Interventions that encourage the educational attainment of children from poorer families will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131034
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The impact of parental health shocks on child schooling and labor : evidence from Thailand
Sasiwooth Wongmonta - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014418029
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Regional favoritism and human capital accumulation in Africa
Asatryan, Zareh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Hufschmidt, Patrick - 2021
We study the long-run implications of regional and ethnic favoritism in Africa. Combining geocoded individual-level survey data from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) with data on national leaders’ birthplaces across 41 African countries, we explore the educational attainment of adults...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012492849
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Early-life medical care and human capital accumulation : medical care and public health interventions in early childhood may improve human capital accumulation as well as child hea...
Daysal, N. Meltem - 2015
Ample empirical evidence links adverse conditions during early childhood (the period from conception to age five) to worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433879
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Parental leave and maternal labor supply : parental leave increases the family-work balance, but may have negative impacts on mothers' careers
Kunze, Astrid - 2016
Numerous studies have investigated whether the provision and generosity of parental leave affects the employment and career prospects of women. Parental leave systems typically provide either short unpaid leave mandated by the firm, as in the US, or more generous and universal leave mandated by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514535
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Early-life medical care and human capital accumulatio : medical care and public health interventions in early childhood may improve human capital accumulation as well as child heal...
Daysal, N. Meltem; Hirani, Jonas Cuzulan - 2021
Ample empirical evidence links adverse conditions during early childhood (the period from conception to age five) to worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013254359
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Parental leave and maternal labor supply : parental leave increases the family-work balance, but prolonged leave may have negative impacts on mothers' careers
Kunze, Astrid - 2022
Numerous studies have investigated whether the provision and generosity of parental leave affects the employment and career prospects of women. Parental leave systems typically provide either short unpaid leave mandated by the firm, as in the US, or more generous and universal leave mandated by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013413198