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Longer School Schedules, Childcare and the Quality of Mothers’ Employment: Evidence from School Reform in Chile
Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana; Lauer, Catalina; … - 2020
Ample empirical evidence has found that access to childcare for preschool children increases mothers’ labor force … participation and employment. In this paper, we investigate whether increased childcare for primary school children improves the … parents’ jobs and can play a role in reducing inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012205705
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Arrival of Young Talents: The Send-down Movement and Rural Education in China
Chen, Yi; Fan, Ziying; Gu, Xiaomin; Zhou, Li-An - 2018
This paper studies human-capital spillovers and its persistence by exploiting a unique event in modern China
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011920162
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Social Barriers to Female Migration: Theory and Evidence from Bangladesh
Amirapu, Amrit; Asadullah, M Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2020
Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, thus preventing them from taking advantage of economic opportunities in urban non-agricultural industries. However, women may be able to circumvent such restrictions by using marriage to engage in long-distance migration - if...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012302186
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Climate Change, Cold Waves, Heat Waves, and Mortality: Evidence from a Lower Middle-Income Country
Nguyen, Cuong Viet; Nguyen, Manh-Hung; Nguyen, Toan Truong - 2022
We estimate the impact of temperature extremes on mortality in Vietnam, using daily data on temperatures and monthly data on mortality during the 2000-2018 period. We find that both cold and heat waves cause higher mortality, particularly among older people. This effect on mortality tends to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012802810
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Exploring the Spillover Effects of Internally Displaced Settlements on the Wellbeing of Children of the Locales
Uchenna, Efobi; Joseph, Ajefu - 2024
the host community's children in Nigeria. Our identification strategy characterizes affected children based on distance … heterogeneities between the household and the closest IDP camp, as well as the child's birth year. We find that children residing … professional employment and a significant increase in vaccination intake for affected children. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014458208
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Tourism Boom, Housing Doom: Excessive Tourism And International Emigration
Mikulić, Josip; Vitezić, Vanja; Srhoj, Stjepan; … - 2024
Existing literature has largely overlooked the relationship between excessive tourism growth and international emigration. This study addresses this gap by analyzing Croatia, a country that experienced a significant population decline-losing 10% of its inhabitants between the 2011 and 2021...
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Return, Circular, and Onward Migration Decisions in a Knowledge Society
Constant, Amelie F. - 2019
, circular and onward migration of the highly-skilled migrants around the world. After it describes the status quo in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106810
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Happiness-lost: Did Governments make the right decisions to combat Covid-19?
Greyling, Talita; Rossouw, Stephanie; Adhikari, Tamanna - 2020
Amidst the rapid global spread of Covid-19, many governments enforced country-wide lockdowns, with likely severe well-being consequences. The actions by governments triggered a debate on whether the well-being and economic costs of a lockdown surpass the benefits perceived from a lower infection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012217734
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Markov switching models for happiness during a pandemic: The New-Zealand experience
Rossouw, Stephanie; Greyling, Talita; Adhikari, Tamanna; … - 2020
This paper estimates Markov switching models with daily happiness (GNH) data from New Zealand for a period inclusive of the Covid-19 global health pandemic. This helps us understand the dynamics of happiness due to an external shock and provides valuable information about its future evolution....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012224924
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A tale of three countries: How did Covid-19 lockdown impact happiness?
Greyling, Talita; Rossouw, Stephanie; Adhikari, Tamanna - 2020
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, many governments have implemented lockdown regulations to curb the spread of the virus. Though lockdowns do minimise the physical damage of the virus, there may be substantial damage to population well-being. Using a pooled dataset, this paper analyses...
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