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Literacy traps : society-wide education and individual skill premia

Atal, Vidya; Basu, Kaushik; Gray, John; Lee, Travis - 2009

Using a model of O-ring production function, the paper demonstrates how certain communities can get caught in a low-literacy trap in which each individual finds it not worthwhile investing in higher skills because others are not high-skilled. The model sheds light on educational policy. It is...

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Can mistargeting destroy social capital and stimulate crime? : evidence from a cash transfer program in Indonesia

Cameron, Lisa Ann; Shah, Manisha - 2012

Cash transfer programs can provide important financial support for poor households in developing countries and are becoming increasingly common. However the potential for mistargeting of program funds is high. This paper focuses on the social consequences arising from misallocation of resources...

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Community entrepreneurship in deprived neighbourhoods : comparing UK community enterprises with US community development corporations

Varady, David P.; Kleinhans, Reinout; Ham, Maarten van - 2015

Through a review of the recent American community development literature, this paper tests the assertion that British … community enterprises (CEs) are fundamentally similar to American community development corporations (CDCs), and therefore, that … CEs can learn from CDCs. In the context of the current austerity regimes, CEs and community entrepreneurship are …

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Strategies to productively reincorporate the formerly-incarcerated into communities : a review of the literature

Doleac, Jennifer L. - 2018

Two-thirds of those released from prison in the United States will be re-arrested within three years, creating an incarceration cycle that is detrimental to individuals, families, and communities. There is tremendous public interest in ending this cycle, and public policies can help or hinder...

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Community influence as an explanatory factor why Roma children get little schooling

Stark, Oded; Berlinschi, Ruxanda - 2020

. The analysis reveals a strong negative correlation between the influence of the Roma community on an individual member … education of Roma children need to reckon with the influence of Roma community norms on individual choices. …

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