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Impact of early childhood school intervention on enrollment and learning outcomes : evaluation of a public program in India

Bhattacharya, Nilanjan; Pakrashi, Debayan; Saha, Sarani; … - 2023

We evaluate the impact of introducing a pre-primary schooling program in government schools in the Indian state of West Bengal in 2013 on children’s early enrollment in schools and subsequent test scores. Using double difference, triple difference, and synthetic control methodologies, we find...

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Policies to expand digital skills for the machine age

Martin, John P. - 2017

A new technological epoch is underway - the so-called Machine Age - reflecting advances in artificial intelligence, digitalisation and Big Data. Some commentators have claimed that this epoch is different from previous ones in that it will produce large-scale technological unemployment, while...

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A teenager in love : multidimensional human capital and teenage pregnancy in Ghana

Blunch, Niels-Hugo - 2017 - This version: March 15, 2017

I examine teenage pregnancy in Ghana, focusing on the role and interplay of Ghanaian and English reading skills, formal educational attainment, and adult literacy program participation. Pursuing several alternative identification strategies three main results are established. First, I confirm...

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The last of the lost generations? : formal and non-formal education in Ghana during times of economic decline and recovery

Blunch, Niels-Hugo; Hammer, Jeffrey S. - 2018

Using a cohort approach, this paper examines educational attainment in Ghana and its potential determinants considering both educational attainment in the formal education system and participation in non-formal education in the form of adult literacy programs. The results indicate an overall...

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Delayed graduation and university dropout : a review of theoretical approaches

Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - 2019

This paper surveys the theoretical approaches used in the literature to study the phenomenon of delayed graduation and university dropout. The classical human capital model does not contemplate failure, which the amended human capital model does. Delayed graduation and university dropout are two...

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Losing prospective entitlement to unemployment benefits : impact on educational attainment

Cockx, Bart; Declercq, Koen; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2022

Providing income support to unemployed education-leavers reduces the returns to investments in education because it makes the consequences of unemployment less severe. We evaluate a two-part policy reform in Belgium to study whether conditioning the prospective entitlement to unemployment...

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Measuring process innovation outputs and understanding their implications for firms and workers : evidence from Pakistan

Wadho, Waqar; Chaudhry, Azam - 2024

analyzed five different measures of process innovation output: cost reductions, defect rate reductions, reductions in … of process innovation and that smaller firms are more likely to introduce new processes and are better able to transform … them into higher output. All five process innovation outputs are associated with higher labor productivity and higher sales …

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Erasmus exchange program : a matter of (relatively) older students

Carlsson, Magnus; Fumarco, Luca; Gibbs, B. G. - 2020

This study contributes to the literature on long-term effects of relative age (i.e. age differences between classmates in compulsory school) by examining tertiary education outcomes. We investigate whether there is evidence of relative age effects on university students enrolled in the Erasmus...

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Modeling the effects of grade retention in high school

Cockx, Bart; Picchio, Matteo; Baert, Stijn - 2017

A dynamic discrete choice model is set up to estimate the effects of grade retention in high school, both in the short-run (end-of-year evaluation) and in the long-run (drop-out and delay). In contrast to other evaluation approaches, this model captures essential treatment heterogeneity and...

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Financial education for youth : a randomized evaluation in Uruguay

Borraz, Fernando; Caro, Ana; Caño-Guiral, Maira; Roa, … - 2021

Using data from a randomized control trial in Uruguay, we evaluate the impact of an economic and financial education program targeted to senior high-school students. The program is based on an innovative playful approach workshop about monetary policy and financial supervision. We find that the...

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