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Ethnicity differentials in academic achievements: The role of time investments

Nguyen, Ha Trong; Connelly, Luke B.; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2020

Children of Asian immigrants in most English-speaking destinations have better academic outcomes, yet the underlying causes of their advantages are under-studied. We employ panel time-use diaries by two cohorts of children observed over a decade to present new evidence that children of Asian...

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Subjective Well-being, Income, and Ethnicity in Slovakia

Želinský, Tomáš - 2021

well-being associated with a marginal increase in income is larger for poorer than for richer populations. This hypothesis … that the correlation between income and satisfaction is greater for the lower-income group (the Roma) than for the higher-income … group (majority population). Further, the correlation between income and emotional well-being does not differ between the …

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Beyond the Average: Ethnic Capital Heterogeneity and Intergenerational Transmission of Education

Chakrabortya, Tanika; Schüller, Simone; Zimmermann, … - 2019

Estimating the effect of ethnic capital on human capital investment decisions is complicated by the endogeneity of immigrants’ location choice, unobserved local correlates and the reflection problem. We exploit the institutional setting of a rare immigrant settlement policy in Germany, that...

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The Economics of Being LGBT. A Review: 2015-2020

Drydakis, Nick - 2021

This paper reviews studies on LGBT workplace outcomes published between 2015 and 2020. In terms of earnings differences, in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia, gay men were found to experience earnings penalties of 7% in comparison to heterosexual men, bisexual men experienced earnings...

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Ability composition in the class and the school performance of immigrant students

Meschi, Elena; Pavese, Caterina - 2023

Using longitudinal data from the Italian National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education System (INVALSI), this paper investigates whether the ability of classmates affects the educational attainment of immigrant students. We focus not only on the average quality of peers in the class,...

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Women's Education, Marriage, and Fertility Outcomes: Evidence from Thailand's Compulsory Schooling Law

Chaijaroen, Pasita; Panda, Pallavi - 2023

Increased education affects market and non-market outcomes. This paper investigates the causal impact of the extension of compulsory education from 6 to 9 years on females' education, marriage, and fertility outcomes in Thailand. Using data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and a...

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Books or babies? The incapacitation effect of schooling on minority women

Adamecz-Völgyi, Anna; Scharle, Ágota - 2020

This paper examines the effects of an increase in the compulsory school leaving age on the teenage fertility of Roma women, a disadvantaged ethnic minority in Hungary. We use a regression discontinuity design identification strategy and show that the reform decreased the probability of teenage...

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Decomposing poverty in hard times: Greece 2007-2016

Andriopoulou, Eirini; Kanavitsa, Eleni; Tsakloglou, Panos - 2020

The Greek economic crisis resulted in a decline in household disposable income by more than 40%. Even though all … population groups lost income in absolute terms, some were substantially more severely hit by the crisis. The paper examines the …

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Evolution of Inequality in Nigeria: A Tale of Falling Inequality, Rising Poverty and Regional Heterogeneity

Odozi, John; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2022

Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only …

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Land Access and Poverty among Agricultural Households in Nigeria

Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyel, Ruth - 2024

The problem of land inequality has attracted renewed interest in the development literature due to its potential effects on the welfare of smallholder farmers. Poverty reduction is an important sustainable development goal and a clearer understanding of the factors that could lead to poverty is...

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